Please forgive me for being mostly MIA -- I've had one of those weeks to write home about, if only I had time or energy to write.
As a peace offering, here's a link to a great CNN.com section about being a mommy.
I think this sentence from the article "8 Things No One Tells You About Being a Mom" best describes me: "If, like me, you're a Type A control freak (or were in your pre-kids life, until they leeched it out of you), it's a constant internal struggle not to step in and finish the puzzle, Velcro-shut the sneaker yourself, or issue reminders every 10 seconds about what your child should do, say, or remember."


Not finishing the puzzle absolutely kills me! I have to just walk away . . .