We’re supposed to be honest. We’re also supposed to be nice. Here lies a real dilemma. Many times honesty is not nice. So we find ourselves stuck in…
As an afro-latina mom raising a son, there is so much that I want and have to teach him. One of the most important things is about our…
It starts the moment you receive an email that your classmates are organizing another high school reunion. Your knee-jerk response is complete and utter denial: THERE’S NO WAY…
To all my well-intentioned but clueless mama friends, Please shut up about my size. When you say things without thinking, you make me not like you. I want…
Once again I am wondering if it has always been this way through history, or if it is just a modern phenomenon. Do people not know how to…
So my husband is running. He has not done one second of exercise in the last two years since the stress induced “cardiac episode” that scared the crap…
Dear friend I haven’t seen in years, I am avoiding you on purpose. Some people are energized and excited by things like class reunions, rekindling old friendships, or…
Sorry! It’s consistently the first word out of our mouths. Sometimes the fourth word preceded by, Oh! I’m SO… A matter of a plastic divider not placed between…
Boys going to prom at this high school in Michigan will now be inspected at the door of the dance to ensure their tuxedos are not showing too…
I am going to stand on the roof of my Granny Van with a bull horn screaming “Will you old farts just shut the hell up?” Who is…