Hi!
My name is Kerri Green;
Wife to Justin, and mother to four highly entertaining daughters
-Alena, Chloe, Tessa, and Paige.
I am an artist, a writer, a daycare provider,
a lover of people, a believer that there is humor and beauty in all things,
and the author of Mom Outnumbered;
a blog about real family life, and my observations of it.
My goal is to make people laugh,
to be there for them when they cry,
and most importantly,
to let them know that they are not at all alone in this up and down world.
I live with my family in Sebastopol California, and I am opening the window into our life.
So welcome!
Come in.
Sit down.
Just please don’t mind the mysterious wet spots.
Fifteen years ago, my mom’s best friend, Lyn, died of cancer. She had battled it a long time, as it spread through her body, starting as just a back ache that ended up being more. My mom went with her on a cruise after the diagnosis to laugh and...
My 18 year old, Chloe, is back from a week at camp. After what happened to all those daughters in Texas, I feel gratitude, and also the lingering weight. Every day, with each new headline, I cling tighter to my children. I picture their faces, and...
A couple of months ago, police lights flashed behind me early one morning, and I was so confused as to what was going on that I was positive they must be pulling over someone in front of me. The confusion grew greater when, as I pulled to the side...
We have had family here visiting this last week. We have had constant plans, and life has been bustling. We have gone into town, and way out to one of the farthest points by the ocean. At each place the family circles around with arms reaching out...
Today, in the summer time, it snowed in Lake Tahoe. Grey skies, instead of June’s usual blue. Cold where warmth was expected: Something appearing that didn’t belong there.  We were entered into the middle of a war without approval from congress...
Normally, it takes a few weeks of summer before I am looking for places to farm my kids off to. Normally, it’s a much slower build. Normally, we have at least already gone swimming, and to the park, and have had a few barbeques before a kid starts...
It’s this week: The moment you have waited for, when you will both cross that big stage. You have worked towards this goal for so many years. You’ve planned your dresses, and your nails. You told me you’d ditch out awhile with your friends after...
There are two sets of graduation caps and gowns laying on my credenza right now. They were casually slung there, still in their plastic packaging, by my two high school senior daughters on the days they’d been given them, just before they breezed...
I have held many things in my life. Holding things is a large part of a mother’s job description. I have held cumbersome bucket seats, propped on one hip, as I tried to carry both grocery bags and the baby. I have held books that have tried and...
My granddaughter, Mavis, is obsessed with being outside; With rocks and dirt, specifically. She simply cannot get enough. At the slightest suggestion of going outside, she is bringing every shoe in the house to every person, demanding their...