Archive for the ‘True confessions’ Category
Children are not ducklings
I’m at New Jersey Moms Blog today with thoughts about motherhood and finding encouragement in a very unlikely place – a department store. New Jersey Moms Blog doesn’t get a lot of comments, so please leave one, especially if you have something of interest to contribute. And I suspect you do. Thanks, gang. Enjoy your [...]
March 30, 2009
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Monica Brand · 
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Tags: motherhood, New Jersey Moms Blog · Posted in: Living, New Jersey Moms Blog, True confessions
This is what I found on Flickr when I looked for an image of WEARY
Flickr image by polandeze. Because tonight I am – discouraged, frustrated and jaded. Worn out. Worn down. Like this yellow paint. I’m weary, and work still needs doing.
March 7, 2009
· Monica Brand · One Comment
Posted in: Actions for social justice, Believing, True confessions
To be known by my name
As a young girl, I hated my name. I believed my name Monica too grown up and ladylike; not at all the name befitting my tomboy lifestyle. My Irish twin brother, a mere 362 days older than I, couldn’t pronounce my name. As a toddler he could manage the middle “nic” sound okay; but all [...]
February 2, 2009
· Monica Brand · 11 Comments
Tags: me, more than you need to know, motherhood, things I want to remember · Posted in: Living, True confessions
The creative writing class looks good
Somehow I’ve managed to get myself on the right (or wrong?) mailing list, because every now and then, I get these tempting brochures from New York University. Oh. My. Delicious. Not that it’s going to happen. I’m over an hour from The City and there are way more important things we need to spend our [...]
January 22, 2009
· Monica Brand · 3 Comments
Tags: me · Posted in: Thinking, True confessions
Book crazy (or just plain crazy?)
It’s a new year, a good time to start a new habit. (Once again, I’m bringing oodles of originality to the blogosphere. Wow.) For those of you unfamiliar with my ways, let me confess to you… I have a fondness for fiction books. No, fondness isn’t the right word. All-consuming passion is much better. I [...]
January 5, 2009
· Monica Brand · 19 Comments
Tags: books, fiction, non-fiction · Posted in: Reading, Thinking, True confessions
I don’t recall praying to practice patience
It’s funny how kids wreck your idea of how things should be. Two of my children this weekend impressed me with their sudden grown-up like behavior. Another is still young enough to be considered In-Training Mode. And the last one, old enough to know what is expected? Disrespectful. Disobedient. My reaction? Anger. Frustration. Embarrassment. And [...]
December 8, 2008
· Monica Brand · 12 Comments
Tags: boys, girls, mothering, patience · Posted in: Thinking, True confessions
