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Ready, Set, Massage!

Recently my best friend decided that all these people that fill up my house and my heart were also stressing me the eff out. I don’t know if it was the daily venting sessions, the frequency with which she heard Soul Asylum’s late nineties hit “Runaway Train” playing at my house, or the sporadic requests to enter into a sexless lesbian marriage with me, but something tipped off my very observant bestie. So she got me my first ever massage! Fifty minutes of tension-releasing calm. At least that’s what it is for normal people. What my darling friend forgot in making this grand plan for me is that I am a crazy person who loses control of herself in new situations. Continue reading →

This is my Confession

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I know this is going to be controversial. I know it’s not a popular stance. I know I am going to tarnish my spotless image with what I am about to divulge here. I can’t keep it to myself anymore, though. The truth has to come out sometime, and it might as well be now. Dear reader… Continue reading →

Braggin on those Babies

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My time in the southern part of the US brought me many treasures: a love of college basketball, the perfect sweet tea recipe, an affinity for chicken biscuits, and a few phrases that have been added into my vocabulary. “Braggin on” is one such idiom. It means simply to brag about, but it carries so much more than that when used correctly. And if you ask me, it’s a phrase that parents the world over could apply more frequently. Continue reading →

Happy Birthday for Who

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It happened last year. I became an old person. The number doesn’t matter because, as the saying goes, you’re only as old as you feel. Well, I feel old. It started then, and now a few weeks past my birthday, I can say the trend is continuing. I’m officially on the downward side of the hill of life. Are you as depressed as I am yet? Continue reading…you’ll get there. Continue reading →

What Kind of Mother Are You?

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Think this is going to be one of those articles where I describe what a “good” mom does and try to do everything possible to make sure you understand that I am NOT describing you? And then everyone gets heated and writes about it in the comments. Got your juices flowing for a good old-fashioned Mommy War? Continue reading →