Laura Simon
I'm a writer, a former teacher, a newbie homeschool mom, a crazy runner, an experimental cook, a voracious reader, a wife, and a mom. I'm addicted to chocolate, peanut butter, and sweet potato chips from Aldi. I feel only slightly guilty telling my kids they can't watch TV and then tuning into The Bachelor after they go to bed. I write to make sense of all the crazy rolling around in my brain. Thanks for reading what I have to say. If you'd like to read more, visit me at laurajsimon.blogspot.com.
To the New Mom with the Colicky Baby
By now, you’ve probably figured out that all those people who told you babies do nothing but sleep were lying. Some babies don’t sleep unless they are being snuggled and bounced and shushed and...
What My Daughter Taught Me About Myself
My Precious Daughter,
I was never one of those people who “hoped for a girl”. Once I understood the magic that happens on the day you meet your child for the first time, I was...
A Simple Christmas: Our Short List of Holiday Traditions
“18 fun Christmas traditions to start!” “Make memories to last a lifetime!” “Make a felt Christmas tree that your toddler can decorate over and over again!” Is it just me, or does every other...
“Spill-Proof” and Other Lies
Baby #3, in an attempt to disprove everything I thought I learned from her older brothers, has decided she doesn’t like traditional sippy cups. Nope, not her thing. She likes cups with straws. Now...
Eating Healthy Without Blowing Time and Money
I don’t know about you, but sometimes the whole being-responsible-for-hungry-people thing can feel a little overwhelming. I mean, it truly is a never-ending job. I’m a teacher, so I work full-time during the school...
Perspectives in Parenting: Slowing Down and Saying No
Twenty years and many pounds ago, I was a fairly successful competitive swimmer; from age nine to eighteen, my life revolved around a pool. And if I wasn’t in the pool, I was in...
Motherhood at Dusk {Series}
I love pictures. I'm also a photography snob and I love the artistic, candid images you get when you choose a really talented professional. When the opportunity to work with Kandid.ly came up, I couldn't wait.
But...
Healing Our City: A Letter to My Children
My Precious Babies,
You are too young to understand the anger and the hurt that is gripping our city and our nation right now; you expect people to be good to you because by and...
Mom Strong: The Mom I’m Not
When I was five or six, I had just learned that candles are made from wax, and I had an epiphany. “Crayons are made of wax. If I can just melt my crayons, I...