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.
I watched my granddaughter, Mavis, today through the afternoon and evening. Through her sticky hands, and 80 books, and through all of the things she usually asks for: Miss Rachel, her legs tickled, strawberry kefir, being asked what a monkey says...
I remember the year I thought it was all over. My kids were old enough to all be in school, and I was packing up some of their baby toys for donation, crying over doing it, as if I hadn’t just been cursing the consistent state of the toy room. For...
I have felt powerless often these days; Powerless against so much chaos and division, Powerless against the changing tides of culture, and seemingly relentless swells of hate. I’ve spent a lot of time wringing my hands, praying, and planning for...
I thought myself a real domestic queen as I stood baking a homemade peach cobbler with peaches from my daughter, Alena, and her husband Aaron’s tree. Some nights I just feel the urge to make something. Completely random, I thought. The desire to...
So, the shortest summer in history draws to a close, and it is time again for back-to-school shopping. As a mother of four daughters, I assumed this would be an easy task. Girls love to shop, right? Wrong. Whoever thinks this has not met my 13...
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...