After a stint in Mommybloggerland (which is very nice, I could have hung out there for a long time. Girlfriends make some serious cookies and cocktails) I got a title change to COLUMNIST with The Kansas City Star in 2010. Slice of life, once a week. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, sometimes hopeful- I try to admit to my mistakes (which are many) and talk about lessons that I have learned along the way. Fortunately, I mess up a lot in life so I have quite a bit to share. (All links open in a new window)
A not so thorough list of columns (I’ve been at this for 7 years, almost every week, that’s a lot of writing!)
Can you not? My positively not so positive parenting
The best gifts are in the boxes you don’t expect
How a woman can help teach a boy become a man (Just now realizing that title could be naughty…it’s not.)
Our fridge board is never bored
No, I’m not my son’s grandmother
I didn’t plan a vacation, I planned two weeks of paradox
Jane Austen and a bank teller taught me a lesson
I’m sad spring baseball season is over? How did that happen?! (hope for the non-sporty parents of sporty kids)
Two of my kids went to this leadership camp-like thing so, of course, I can compare them
The not so lonely confessions of a hot mess
Oasis in the city to calm the chaos of May (this place was so cool!)
(Important advice for this heavy life milestone season) The class of 2016 is like the class of 2015 until it’s not
I love this one…She said/He said: Baseball
Floating in the shallow end of the thought pool
How to adult when you don’t think of yourself as an adult
My mother had her clothesline, I have an internet line
Books! And the cookbook that taught me to cook
12 Pages of Optimism in 600 Words
Three Things Happened and I Realized This (About kids and what we teach them without realizing it)
A Lazy Mom’s Guide to Christmas
Yeah, I have a blankie…so what?
Sea Earned Wisdom in a Landlocked State
A typical morning, a typical drop-off and typical wishes
Cake. Yes, the kind with frosting
Even more lessons from parenthood, this one learned when a kid was sick
Kids leave scars all over the place
On Breaking the Rules (with eight movie or TV references because I can)
Back to School Lessons…and cringes
Three Life Events, Three Women, One Lesson…Burma Shave (I really like this one)
Questionably Tasty Time Travel Foods
A love letter to Physical Therapists everywhere
Why I Never (Parenting)
Not Being Ready is Perfectly Normal (My high school senior daughter shared her fears about this important year)
Grown-Up Field Trips in Kansas City: No Permission Slip Required
How The Sibling Rivalry Between My Twin Brother and I Plays Out These Days
My Childhood Shrine Literally Sucks
My Travel Savvy is as Out Of Shape as My...
The One Where I Explain a Paralyzed Vocal Cord
Parenting in the Driving Age: Day One (What our mornings looked and look like)
Our Kids Are Going To Be The Ones To Change Our Language…maybe that’s not a bad thing
Reflections On Driving Lessons, or What A Crappy Teacher I Was
One Flu Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Prequel to blog series: Mindless Chatter Was My Jam -only I didn’t know it at the time.)
Lessons of 2014: The One Where I ask My Friends What They Learned
The Stillness of the Holidays Exists
When Given The Chance To Talk About Sweet Childhood Holiday Memories, I Choose to Talk About How My Mom Let Us Drink (also, sweeter than it sounds, I promise)
I Have This Thing About Tiaras, and Other Dress-up Accessories
All That I Have To Say About Parent-Teacher Conferences
The One Where I Give You Permission to Brag About Your Family
The Story of Our First Memory Quilt
The One Where I Whine About Homework
A Letter To a Weary Mom of a Toddler (Be warned: There is a very large picture of a very pregnant me will pop-up)
THE ONE WHERE I TALK ABOUT MY DEPRESSION
The Amazing Cosmic Reference of Afterschool Specials
Even Happy Moms Get Cranky Sometimes
I Don’t Like to Fish, But I Like Fishing
Old Timey Summers Have Always Been Here
Laughing at Ourselves Through Misheard Lyrics
Spring Break Was Sprung On Me…sorta
What Does It Mean To Be a Stay-at-Home Parent?
Auld Acquaintance Should Be Recalled
I retired, for a little while anyway
Sporting a Feather in the Cap of Marching Band
Tales of Friendship Through The Years
Lessons from the Football Bleachers
Rolling with it, Halloween Style
You can find the rest here, The Kansas City Star. Search for my name…Susan Vollenweider.
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