Today we got together with Devon’s Godmother and his two Godfathers to celebrate Heart Day. The real day isn’t actually until Wednesday but this morning was an opportune time to get together and laugh and eat Texas sheet cake for breakfast simply because all our hearts are in working order and it seemed like a [...]

For the past couple of years I have been whining, none too subtly, about the trials and tribulations of being a mother to a boy teenager. It’s mostly been senseless blubbering about his lack of good decision making, how me is making me crazy, etc. Tonight I encountered a new creature all together in my [...]

Tonight I spent a rare quiet with Loren while he was sitting in his computer chair, an old overstuffed thing left over from the early years of my parents’ marriage that Lo has a strange attachment to, and I was perched on the sagging arm as he clicked through page after page of stuff he [...]

One of my favorite aspects of Devon is his love of The Costume. I use capital letters because since he was about two his attraction to something other than everyday wear has been a devoted one. I first became aware of this in the Halloween aisle of Target, Devon was just a bit over 24 [...]

Last fall I signed Devon up for U6 Soccer, it was not successful in terms of athletic development. In fact, he and I were both so lax in our team ethics that he attended only half or so of the practices and not a single mini game. Instead we would often spend those afternoons either [...]

I can’t take full responsibility for it, I have a ‘tween child who is smack in the middle of being mauled by the Disney media machine. But, shhhh, I kinda like the new Miley song. Yes, I have reached a new low. But again, I blame it all on the She Child.
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Today I was having a conversation with a lovely woman who I know only slightly. The flow of the chat included the following, “Blah, blah, blah. And, plus, you’re pregnant so you might want to be taking it easy right now. Blah, blah, blah.” I never quite made it to the rest of the blahs-blahs [...]

About a month ago I found out somebody I once loved had suddenly died. He was young, not yet 40, had a beautiful family and a great life. He was out running and collapsed. A seemingly healthy man dying while exercising. For obvious reasons this sort of thing hits close to home with me since [...]

I have PWT, also known as Post Wedding Trauma. It stems from several sources/incidents. The first occurred during my freshman year in college when I was supposed to be at a spring formal with an unfortunately boring frat boy and due to my short attention span, prolific alcohol intake and selfish ways, I found myself [...]

One of the reasons I posted on a daily basis from November to July of this past year was because I am the kind of person who if not forced to do something I simply won’t. Yes, I am that unreliable, flaky, lazy. You name it, I am it. Another reason I haven’t been posting [...]