Motherhood

We have this ongoing argument with my husband where he says something like “What got you here won’t get you there” — not meaning me in particular, but rather generally speaking — or “We need to go that extra mile”…

Mom says I need a multicooker. Mom says going to the market to buy dandelion leaves takes up too much time. Mom says oats will do for a simple weekday breakfast, no need to make waffles. Mom is not wrong,…

Between the two of us L. and I have four kids under the age of four. Which is why our latest meeting had to be over breakfast at 8 am: when you take everyone’s nap time into consideration there aren’t…

I went out to have coffee with my two kids the other day. Not that all three of us were having coffee, rather I was having coffee, and they were present. Correction: I was trying to have coffee and their…

Remember that time when I made waffles obsessively and took a happiness course? If not, I wrote about it here. Also, if you are judging me, the happiness course was developed by a Yale University professor which makes it totally…

30th of September  Dear diary, Husband is in Nuremberg for a few days and I am home with kids, counting days till he comes back. In the morning we had a video call. Knopka was lying on the play mat…

This year is the strangest. The most trying year of my life to this point, but full of grandiose events and feelings at the same time. This year our second son was born, my parents came to visit after almost…

23rd of July Dear diary, Today is Saturday, which in my little world is market day, always. Mom stayed with Kroshka, my 2-year old, so I could go to the market in peace with Knopka, my 2-month old, who usually…

Sometimes I imagine how I wake up before dawn, wash my face, and tie my hair in a bun. I don’t eat, I don’t check my phone, I don’t wake anyone up. I put sports shoes on, go out of…