My relationship with the church has been pretty strained. The story has to do with a small town, a hard core and twisted Baptist minister, a basement, and…
My neighborhood is a strange one, an anomaly, a miracle of child development. See, the children in our neighborhood, they are all gifted. They are brilliant, advanced and the best of…
I’ll be the first to admit it. I’m fat. It has been a slow and steady journey towards the 200lbs mark, but I have my reasons. Reasons best…
Wanted: One sister wife Last week, I suggested to my husband that I needed a ‘sister wife’. A woman to help me with the tasks I don’t enjoy…
I worry. Constantly. I even worry about my worrying. I worry that I have passed it onto my kids. I worry about how to stop my worrying. I’m…
My husband’s grandma phoned other day. During our chat I remarked “I don’t know how you did it with six kids! I can’t even wrap my brain around…
There comes a time, when living in suburbia, surrounded by ideal families with their 2.2 kids, golden retrievers, and white mini vans, when you notice the other people…
This is an archived post, oroginally published in April. We are sharing it again because we like it. And we want to. And this is our site and…
You can’t pick your family. Actually, in 2013, you probably can but that’s not the point of this post. If I could pick my family, there are more…
I get it, parents need a break in the Summer, and camp is what people do. I mean it is a childhood rite of passage is it not? Loads of…