My daughter thought she and her brother were both inside of me and I picked him to be born first. Now that she is a tween, her hormonal…
In my ten years in education-from managing group homes for teens in state’s custody to teaching in STEM academies and classrooms for second chance students who were previously…
While walking through a big box store, I spotted a large toy for kids. Busy shoppers rushed by and ignored my obnoxious sigh. The toy was doused in…
How many years has this insufferable display been on television? I can’t bring myself for 30 seconds to research this shitshow, so I don’t know for certain, but…
Let’s face it, fellow mamas, these are trying times. From carrying the weight of self-inflicted mom-guilt to navigating sneaker-filled obstacle courses that spread virus-style to every room of…
On the surface, getting a piercing is just that, a piercing. What can you learn about yourself or the world from putting a hole in your body? I…
When you try new things, they don’t always work out. When I was younger, my step-mother told me that if I had seven olives in a row, I…
When I was growing up, my father and step-mother entered a car rally each year. For those unfamiliar with car rallies, it is like a scavenger hunt in…
Aging increasingly has a negative connotation. Here are some of the reasons why being fifty brings benefits, a source of pride, and let’s face it, why this milestone…
Full disclosure, I did not have welding on my life list (which is what I am calling my bucket list so as not to confuse people who think…