Parenting
A Case for Eating Your Young…
I swear. You can’t really prepare for the irrational season of adolescence. And I wanted to be a mom. I wanted a big family. I am tired. And here is the truth: I am not an awful mother. No, I am not the best mom ever, but I am not all bad. I have tried,…
Read MoreI am In Love with Another Woman
This will probably not reach the masses. I don’t care. If my words fall upon the heart of one… I have succeeded. I just left a house with broken spirits. Addicted spirits. Fighting spirits. Spirits… Who have given up on their life, their old life. Among those spirits is a young woman – whom I…
Read MoreBoys to Men: when stuff falls off that was supposed to stay on…
Boys to Men: when stuff falls off that was supposed to stay on… So my son just turned 18. He is my man-baby. Boys turning into men. Sigh. I have two man-babies. But now, one is officially a man; the other one is still just 16. But the sixteen-year-old can buy his own cigarettes because…
Read MoreThe Woman Upstairs
The terror. The most horrifying aspect of any thriller is that by which you are caught off guard. Seemingly kind and gentle characters that can turn on a dime flashing fangs, or slashing flesh with razor-like claws. Worse yet, a loving and seductively sweet character who walks past a mirror and their reflection reveals…
Read MoreWorld’s Bestest Mom
I wish I was a better mother. Truly. I don’t say this so you’ll say…”Oh, you’re so great.” In so many ways I am just not that grand. For starters, I am a yeller. One time, in a counseling session (whatever if you don’t go to counseling bravo for you and yours) a kid said,…
Read MoreAn Open Letter to the Makers of Toddler Television: We are still in here….
At 4:00 am I turned on Color Crew. I had been up all night with “The Vandals” our two and four-year-old sons. I finally gave up and put them on the couch. We ate pop-tarts and drank coffee. Don’t start with me. We were out of juice and milk, and they were thirsty. I gave…
Read MoreDear Donald and Hillary,
Here is the deal… I don’t really care for either of you. Furthermore, I don’t really care… this is a shame. I used to care. When Bill was elected I cried myself to sleep. I vowed to never have children and I thought that we would soon fall off the planet. He reminded me of…
Read MoreA little boy not pictured…fast asleep
I have a favorite picture from 2015. As much as I love this picture, the things unseen in the photograph are a bigger part of this picture I love so much. On the other side of the shot, taken with my iPhone, is me. Me, the mother of the five children. Pictured are our four…
Read MoreDon’t google it…
I came across a Facebook post tonight and I had chills at a resounding message for this week: letting go. First, the post. I was getting ready to attend a conference several months ago and met with my Grammar guru, one of my bff’s moms, Dottie. I kept receiving text messages from a child who will remain…
Read MoreThe Year of Non Compos Mentis
There are mommy blogs for moms of babies, toddlers, school-aged children, teens, service men and woman, moms of the empty nest, and moms with empty arms. I try and blog about every stage. My children currently range in age from 20 years to 5 months. I have been around the block. I have seen a…
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