Bits and Pieces
Reckoning with the woman in the mirror
Looking straight ahead, I noticed a woman walking toward me. At first glance she looked familiar, on second glance, I froze in my tracks. As the woman continued to walk toward me, I met her gaze and saw the confusion that crossed her features. Then it hit me: I was looking at a mirror image of myself. Astounded, I realized I looked like my mom.
Life On Purpose
From her baby’s first breath, motherhood is a lifelong journey into the unknown
Motherhood for a child with disabilities is more than a lifelong vocation; it’s a daily call to love that stretches your heart beyond imagining.
Laurie Nigro
Laurie Nigro Confessions of a socially oblivious mom
I owe the world an apology. I had no idea that there are actual mom social constructs that I am expected to follow.
Life On Purpose
Motherhood will break your heart and mold it into something more
Motherhood is anything but sterile and perfect. It is full of life and death, joys and sorrows, smiles and tears. Motherhood will break your heart and mold it into something more.
Laurie Nigro
It’s Sunday morning — Get your own breakfast, baby birds!
They're 10 and 13. By now, they should know how to peel a banana, bite an apple, maybe even scramble an egg. Their morning greeting: "What's for breakfast?"
Laurie Nigro
Transformer Mom: from June Cleaver to Roseanne Barr at the speed of whine
One minute, you're channeling June Cleaver, rejoicing in domestic bliss. Then the whining begins and the next thing you know, you've been possessed by Roseanne.
Laurie Nigro
Rediscovering the ‘me’ within: caffeine mandatory
After more than a dozen years as someone's mom, it's time to make time for myself. The trick is being able to stay up late enough.