Sometimes kids get an attitude and talk back. Shocking, I know. Occasionally our children are a little too big for their britches and like to correct every minor…
The Hallmark Channel’s Christmas parade of premiers could be in real peril. With a full line-up of cuddling, festivals, bake-offs and sing-alongs they may find themselves out of step…
My mom was never the “typical” mother. The one thing that stands out from my childhood is that she was never there for me. Dad ferried me to…
In the past, I have admitted to my daughter that I can be an asshole. That I am less than perfect, as a mom, and that I have…
When he was small, he would ask me to sleep with him every night. “Please sleep with me, Mom.” And most nights I would. I would snuggle in…
Over the weekend I was cruelly reminded of my age when I took my daughter to Forever 21. I was one of the oldest customers. Talk about a…
I never ever planned to homeschool. When I got pregnant with my first child, my plan was to quit my job as a high school teacher and stay…
Green stuff is poking up around my driveway. I think they are daffodils, but I planted them too close to the edge of the driveway and they get…
This is water. Plain. Flat. Still. Boring. And apparently the only kind of water I can now drink at 45. It’s funny because although I’m halfway to 50,…
On the Anal-Retentive Scale of Worry, I typically place myself around a 4. I’m holding steady at this number even during the mass-hysteria of COVID-19 or Coronavirus, if…