Confidence Woman–On the Occasion that Your Mother Follows Your Lead

Dear Lily June, I have always been a little afraid of self-confidence. Where does one draw the line between being… Read more Confidence Woman–On the Occasion that Your Mother Follows Your Lead

A,B,C–On the Occasion that You Ever Have Postpartum Depression

Dear Lily June, A conversation with a co-worker this morning reminded me of one of the most painful parts of… Read more A,B,C–On the Occasion that You Ever Have Postpartum Depression

Dear Lily June, All day, your parents told anyone who would listen, “No, we’re not taking her yet. She can’t… Read more Halloween 2016–On the Occasion that We Got the Treat of a Lifetime

Dear Lily June, Once upon a time, in the 1800s, Scottish Highlanders who needed a distraction from cold winds creeping under… Read more How to Carve a Pumpkin–On the Occasion that You Need a Few Pointers

Dear Lily June, You were born long after your father and I had laid a solid groundwork of inside jokes,… Read more Excerpts From the Glossary of TeaMo–On the Occasion that It’s Pumba Season

Dear Lily June, At only sixteen months, you are still a young toddler. You can’t, for instance, badger me about… Read more The Hand that Feeds You–On the Occasion that Love Bites

Dear Lily June, As we near October, please tell me, daughter–when will I stop smelling phantom poos in your very empty diaper? Love,… Read more Phantom–On the Occasion that You Catch a Whiff

Dear Lily June, If, by the time you can read these, I’m not saying it often enough or with nearly… Read more Smiling in the Rain–On the Occasion that You Find Yourself Wanting a Clean Beginning

Dear Lily June, Please read the following, and get back to me quickly with any potential revisions. This should hit… Read more Proud of Poo–On the Occasion that You Find Yourself a Parent

Dear Lily June, When I started this blog a year ago today, I thought it would be like tossing a… Read more A Year of DearLily–On the Occasion of the First Blogoversary