Because All The Kids Are Doing It

August 2, 2010

Otherwise known as this year’s obligatory pre-BlogHer post. The one in which I will offer advice that none of you will follow. Because that’s just how women roll. I’ve come to accept it so I won’t spend time trying to change your mind, I’ll just get right to the giving of the [...]

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Please Feel Free to be a Doormat. Just Not In Front of The Children.

July 29, 2010

I get out. I’m not a big fan of naivete. I may be an idealist to a fault, but I’m also realistic… most of the time. Once in a while however, I hear something, read something, see something and I think even if just for a moment ignorance maybe, on this one [...]

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Why It’s Okay to Identify With Saiqa Akhter. And For Your Kids to Know You Do.

July 26, 2010

Last week Saiqa Akhter, an Irving, Texas mother, killed her two young children. Reports contend that after her initial plan to poison them did not work she strangled them with wire and her call to a 911 dispatcher following the acts reveals she was frustrated with the autism that plagued the children.
Since then [...]

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On Breasts

July 26, 2010

I don’t remember ever having owned a training bra. Realistically I’m sure there were a few, but in my memory there was just a morning at the ripe young age of twelve when I woke up and required a C-cup sized contraption to strap those bad boys in place for the day. Because [...]

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Things Only Writers Understand

June 28, 2010

This weekend someone asked me if I write full-time; 40 hours per week and all that jazz. It’s not a question I’m particularly fond of answering — explaining that I do work 40 hours some weeks, 80 others, 5 still others and all of the varied reasons for that wonky schedule is, frankly, both [...]

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On Being Entitled to Opinions

June 24, 2010

Americans like to throw around their “freedom” a lot. Especially when it comes to defending their opinions. Say something someone else doesn’t like? You’re entitled to your opinion. Or are you?
Today I called someone out on Twitter.
That person was Nichole Smith of The Guilty Parent. And what [...]

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On Censoring Oneself

June 23, 2010

I used to say what everyone else was thinking, but wouldn’t vocalize. Or, at least, what lots of people were. And then somewhere along the line I stopped. If I had to guess I’d say it was a culmination of things. The in-laws (if you’re still out there, hi!) started reading [...]

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On Ruining My Kids’ Childhood

June 16, 2010

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means to be a good parent. What it means to kids to have a good childhood, good relationships, a good foundation on which to build their lives. We all like to think we’re doing our best as parents, that we’re righting the wrongs we [...]

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‘My Least Favorite Part of the Job’ via OOH

June 11, 2010

I’m over at the Farm Blog again today. Won’t you join me?

Today was a wonky day schedule-wise. Mid-Morning I missed a call from the husband and subsequently received a voicemail from that call notifying me that he was on his way to the Emergency Room. Read More >>>

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The One In Which I Drown in Self-Pity

June 10, 2010

“I know it’s wrong,” I stopped typing the IM to a friend to take a sip of my much needed beer. It’d been a long day.
“but I want my life back.” I finished, at which point I was only semi-intentionally channeling Tony Hayward.
Nine years. It’s been nine years since I didn’t have [...]

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