Independence Day was this past weekend. I think that I speak for parents (and dog parents) everywhere when I say, thank god that’s over. With Memorial Day as the unofficial start to summer, the Fourth of July has to be the unofficial middle. It’s also guaranteed to mean that we have now entered the height …
A funny thing happened in our house last week. My husband and I were enjoying a rare moment where we actually got to sit next to one another on the couch, when he let out a sneeze. Now, this man is a loud and obnoxious sneezer. We’re talking cartoon style ACHOOOOO’s, complete with a full …
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Where is my tribe? I am wandering lost through a barren landscape, a nomad with no place to call home. Where is my tribe? I always assumed I would be your run of the mill mainstream mom (although that was back when I was foolish enough to think any part of parenting was “run of …
I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say that I used to be the cat whisperer. I would receive phone calls and messages about cats in trouble often enough that I kind of feel safe in saying that it used to be my thing. My favorite call ever has to be the one I received from …
Before I begin, I want to issue two warnings. First, I’m going to talk about rape. Second, I’m going to use some adult language. I want to offer a preemptive apology to my mother and mother-in-law before we go any further. For anyone that doesn’t want to see me getting super liberal with the F-word …
I don’t know if you can hear that noise off in the distance or not. It’s the sound of me dragging my soap box out of the closet and sliding it across the floor. I don’t usually like to pull it out (that bitch is heavy), but I have something on my mind and a …
This isn’t the path that I started down. That’s the thought that keeps running through my head today. This morning, while doing my normal morning Facebook perusing while my daughter stares slack jawed at Elmo on the TV, and I waited for my coffee to brew, I checked out my “memories”. If you don’t know …
I’m going to tell you a story. This is real life, pulled directly from the archives of my misspent youth (please note, I’m being a little free with the whole “misspent youth” thing as my youth was rather tame by comparison. I’m a white girl from the suburbs of Philadelphia. I did spend a good …
I think that I have been walking a thin line between thinking that my daughter is some super advanced genius child and maaaaaaybe there’s something wrong with her. On the super-genius-child side we have the fact that she is excellent at making connections. We taught her that if you rub your fingers together (you know, …
Becoming a mother has been one of the most rewarding (awful), magical (terrifying), and amazing things that has ever happened to me. I cannot even begin to fully explain the range of emotions that it fills me with every single day. It puts me even further in awe of my own mother. I know what …