A Very Rough Day

September 6, 2013

He finished, looking utterly miserable as he stabbed at his dinner. I took a deep breath and tried to think of what to say.

I wrote, when he was only a couple months old, how I hoped he experienced the full range of life from tears to joy, pain to excitement. I was naive, sitting there with my wee baby in my arms,…

Mandy Dawson is the creator of In Mandyland, an almost daily blog recording her adventures in juggling a full-time job, two active children, four arguing hens, a fluffy bunny, and one ex-husband. A self-diagnosed gardening and crafting addict, she often finds herself gluing together clay pots and trying to discover the cure for brown thumb. When she’s not writing, she can be found burning dinners while she stares off into space with a story idea. She was a regular contributor for Makes Fun of Stuff, Aiming Low, and Six Kitchens, and has been featured on BlogHer and Mamapedia. She is an Assistant Editor for Write on Edge and has had her fiction featured in three anthologies currently available on Amazon.