I Can’t Do Magic, the Kids Can, Yet Somehow We All Survive.

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  • A Clean Kitchen and Other Dangerous Omens

    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…

  • Birds, Cats, and a Moody Dishwasher: An Ordinary Day

    “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…

  • A Matter of Visibility

    My husband paused mid-boot and said, “You’re… see-through.” Which is how I learned my three-year-old had discovered invisibility before breakfast.

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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.