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TAWANDA! Time to Till!
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kjackson
You know what makes me happy? Garden tilling makes me happy. I relish the power of pushing a piece of heavy machinery through hard-packed soil and sod, breaking it up and making it crumbly and black. I yell, “TAWANDA!” in memory of my favorite scene of “Fried Green Tomatoes” and I feel powerful and expansive.…
Mom Mystery: Raising Grateful Kids
By
kjackson
Today we spent the day at a very cool aquarium gazing at bubble-like jelly fish, a crazily-playful otter, and ferociously-feeding sharks. My 12-year-old boy–taller than I–wrapped his arms around me in this public place and said, “Thanks, mom. Thanks for bringing us here.” An hour later he repeated the same hug and the same appreciative…
A Mom Mystery: Laundry
By
kjackson
Today’s subject is laundry. When I listen to moms, I hear the same sentiment over and over. Laundry is consuming their lives. They don’t know how to keep up with the laundry. After seventeen years of marriage and twelve years of motherhood, I have perfected the laundry system (with a little help from my best…
Don’t You Call Me a Housewife!
By
kjackson
I truly hate the term “HOUSEwife”! Excuse me, but I did *not* marry a house! I married a man. I refuse to be ball-and-chained to a pile of wood. And don’t even get me talking about submitting to it! I have found, however, that as a stay-at-home-mom, I can sometimes get confused about my duties…
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