I love Facebook. I really do. I know there are criticisms: "It’s a time-suck" "It’s for stupid little bumper sticker sayings" "Why can't we write handwritten notes to one another anymore?" "What about actual face-to-face time?" "People need to get their heads up from the screen!" "Nobody cares what you had for dinner!" "Try actually living your life." I get...
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Regular readers of this blog may know I have a 10-year-old daughter named Boo, and that she is part sweet, loving, empathetic joy - and part evil genius. I wouldn't dare quantify these parts as the prospect scares me a little. Suffice it to say, she is not your average bear. What she is most certainly not, in any way,...
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Last September I started Roller Derby (see Roller Girl, part 1). Here’s an update on Penis Mom on Wheels. It is hard. Roller Derby is really hard physically, emotionally, and spiritually. You are playing mother-fucking football on skates, people! You know how they talk about Fred Astaire and say "Yes, but Ginger Rogers did it all backwards and in heels"?...
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There seems to be a dichotomy that exists when we talk about weight, You are either on the side of "Fat Acceptance" and you think that we should embrace all body types without judgement, or you are on the side of "Get off your ass, lazy fatty - you suck!" I would like to suggest a middle ground here,...
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Tonight is Christmas eve and I am getting ready for the most magical of days when all my little chicks climb out of bed and come downstairs to discover burlap bags with jingle bells left by Santa, open stockings and gifts, and happily play with their new toys while Dad and I make a big breakfast for all. It will...
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I am sad.Really sad. Twenty eight dead. Twenty children, six adults, a shooter and his mom.This happened so close to home for me. Not only because my kids go to a Connecticut school. Not only because I have small and vulnerable children, but because this loss happened to young children, and that hits me especially hard.The loss belongs to everyone....
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I know I am not the only one who finds this lyric a little unsettling: He sees you when you are sleeping. He knows when you're awake. Creepy, right? I love me some Santa, don't get me wrong. See? I love a guy known for generosity and a hearty laugh, but the idea that he actually watches over your every...
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Driving in Boston yesterday, I heard the word “skirt” mentioned twice on the radio. This kind of thing always piques my interest because I think that there may be someone, somewhere trying to tell me something through encoded random public broadcasts. Don't judge me. It could be happening. The first was in a report about a nut job accosting women...
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I love this boy. I love him fiercely. He is my first child, I was a single mom, and when he was born I was so overwhelmed with joy and love it was as if I was seeing everything for the first time. Our family was just the two of us and the "You and I face the world" mentality...
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October is national Bully Awareness month and I just read this headline: Mom Arrested for Slapping Her Son's Bully My first thought was "I could see that." Now, I don't hit my own kids and I would never hit someone else's - almost never. But, if you target my kid, if you hurt my kid, if you try to break...
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