Jennifer Briggs

How is it that I can feel older, slower, and creakier than ever and still have times when I feel embarrassed that my inner petulant five year old is at the helm? Yesterday Sarah and I clashed over cleaning her aligners in the new cleaning device that I bought. I thought it was a great… Read more »

My attempts at swaying the universe with my willpower are spotty at best. Sometimes in our household you might hear Sarah grunting and groaning as she pretends to be Gerald the Elephant trying to dance, Daddy Pig mowing the lawn, a school teacher carrying a crocodile head for a costume, or Circle With A Line… Read more »

It’s not every day that I can make a person’s dream come true, but I was able to do just that.  After many long days at work, as Carl drifted off to sleep one night he thought he was surrounded by fancy cheese plates with gorgeous strawberries. He forced himself to open his eyes because… Read more »

It is only now that I’m less busy in a big way that I’m able to ask the girls to help load their dishes in the dishwasher or make their lunches. When I was feeling busy all the time, then it felt easier and faster to do everything myself. I’m embarrassed to only now be… Read more »

Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’ Keep those dice rollin’ Hello Kitty! If you imagine the above words to the tune of “Rawhide” you can picture us singing that while playing Hello Kitty Bingo. That is something the girls and I did long ago when it was still a new and big thing to have Sarah play a… Read more »

Speech therapists help kids learn to talk and to play with tigers. If you didn’t already know that, Sarah has clarified it while waiting for her bus. That is her customary time of pretending to be a speech therapist. Apparently SLPs also help kids learn to play with speedometers. Sarah’s interest in watching videos of… Read more »

Would I like to spend an entire day hanging out with Amy? You bet I would! Last Sunday Amy and I spent the day together driving to Cleveland so she could meet Clawed Beauty, a person she follows on YouTube. We knew we would have close to three hours of driving each way, but we… Read more »

It was a very cold week, but luckily the girls’ schools did not call for any delays. I enjoyed reading while snuggled under blankets, especially the electric throw that my mom gave me as an early birthday present. The place I where I use it the most is the dining room. It is the coldest… Read more »

On Monday morning I was soooooooo nervous as I prepared for a very short tv interview on Good Day PA, a show filmed in Harrisburg, PA. Knowing the whole thing was live and would only be three or four minutes felt like way more pressure than if it was half an hour or an hour…. Read more »

Alright everyone, please wear your best musical notes and stripes! Anticipating her upcoming adventure with her aunt and uncle to see a performance of Goodnight Moon, Sarah eagerly instructed an imaginary group of people about how to dress for the show. It occurred to me that no one ever is normally given the instruction to… Read more »