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The phone rings in that annoying way it has – just when I have pulled wet laundry out of the machine or am frantically stir-frying dinner. “Honey,” I yell to my son, “Who’s calling?” He...
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It wasn’t what she wrote on the blog that led to her semi-forced resignation. It was the picture that went with it that depicted President Obama in heels . . . eating a piece of fried...
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I grab Number Two’s hand and speak firm and low. “I will give you candy from the gift shop if you say you want to go back to the hotel right now,” I whisper, as Number One and my husband jabber...
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What’s your score? You know, on your Mom-SAT. What, you don’t KNOW your score? You didn’t know you were being tested? Oh, silly, of course you did. Although in your...
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The teenager adjusted her bikini, threw her lanky legs over the wall, and placed her long body across the dark rocks. With the ocean crashing behind her she looked to her mother – holding the...
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I got a passion in my pants and I ain’t afraid to show it. Thank GOD Valentine’s Day is Tuesday! Do not think that just because I am over 40, the mother of 2 exhaustingly rambunctious...
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So we were at this really great Christmas party when it happened. Our kids were stuffing Christmas cookies and brownies in their mouths as fast as their little hands would do the deed, and I...
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I have a new hero. She is a total bad-ass. She knows what she wants and she gets it. She creates her own reality. But not in a bitchy, aggressive way. Or a bitter,...
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I need a Swift Boat Mommy PAC.
Like the one Romney has at work in Iowa. I heard about it on NPR today. Restore Our Future ruthlessly attacks his competition – such that Gingrich has...
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This is what keeps running through my head. The mom, desperate to find her missing teenaged daughter, is startled to come upon a homeless girl out in the cold. The girl tells her she left...
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Dear Santa,
I guess this may not be the best time to throw this at you, what with Christmas arriving in less than a week. I suppose I should have gotten this list to you sooner. But since...
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I am getting really nervous about my standing with the universe. What kind of karmic comeback can I expect for allowing my sweet sister-in-law -- who is seven months pregnant, working, with two...
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I am a fan of affirmative action. And not only because it has helped many leaders and thinkers and doers rise above institutionalized racism and gender-based inequality so that they may enjoy...
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The first one was a bloody mess, with some shocked squeals and laughter, at a pretty inopportune time. I frantically searched the car for a tissue, a napkin, a wipe, something (Jesus, what...
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Did you remember to watch the last Republican debate? I can never recall exactly when they are supposed to be on, but since there’s one every other day I manage to hit them with some regularity...
