Things can change so much over the course of a single human generation. It gives me hope for the world. My Grandparents and Parents were intolerant of people…
Although many of us have dubious relationships with our parental units, once we have children, some of that changes. Not all of it of course and sometimes the worst…
This is for all the young ladies out there who are in the early phases of “wifehood” or “shackupness” or whatever. You are in that formative stage where…
Yesterday I was in a store line up. A woman with a four year old girl was in line ahead of me. The child didn’t seem to require…
As a Mother, there is no terror so all-consuming as the idea of losing your child. The idea of death coming for my child is something that lurks in the…
Some of us marry our Fathers. We find that guy who makes us feel like our Dad did. This is where it gets complicated. If our Dad was…
People piss and moan about how busy they are with their kids. I want to talk about that. First let me say, this post is not for the…
Tonight many parents had to make a hard choice. Do we explain the Boston Marathon bombings to our children, and if so, how do we do it? It…
Moms with jobs and those that stay home – the disdain that dares not speak its name One of the last permissible forms of prejudice (besides fat haters)…
Such liars – we say “I can’t” when we really mean “I don’t want to” There is a secret language of women. We turn down invitations to gatherings…