I Can’t Do Magic, the Kids Can, Yet Somehow We All Survive.
Daily Chaos, Magically Documented
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My kitchen had been spotless for six whole minutes—long enough for me to believe, briefly, that I had mastered both motherhood and the laws of thermodynamics. Then a fireball drifted down my staircase like it had an appointment with my face, and I realized two things: my children had somehow…
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“James — plate, sink. Now.” Monica’s voice carried the kind of authority only a long-suffering mother could summon: equal parts command, prayer, and thinly veiled threat. Four-year-old James had inhaled his dinner at warp speed, eager to return to whatever Lego-based crisis was unfolding in the next room. On the…
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I always thought being a parent gave you certain privileges. Turns out, if you’re not careful, someone else will use your kids as the reason you’re suddenly “not enough.” This is how I lost a title I’d been promised for years.
● Latest Articles
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Three a.m., a Panda, and No Sleep
At three in the morning, Monica woke to a breathing stuffed panda inches from her face. Her baby was asleep. Her couch was unforgiving. Her…
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I Spend a Week Not Buying a Steamer
I live with a wizard, a talking cat, and three children who treat the floor like a buffet. Naturally, I spend a week researching a…
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The One Where Dinner Turns Out to Be Worldbuilding
My husband took my blog idea seriously. The talking cat wanted top billing. The kids accidentally enchanted a toy. This was supposed to be a…
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The Day the Cat Needed a Bath
By the time I realized the kids had put something in the cat’s fur, Clark was already shouting from his perch that his “appointment” was…
● About Me
I’m Birdie, a mom, writer, and lover of all things life-affirming, which is just code for ‘I’m a hot mess trying to survive on coffee and laughter’. I write about the transformative power of raising tiny humans, finding the silver lining in everyday challenges, and thriving through the small setbacks that make family life so rewardingly resilient.
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