Are you friends with any couples on Facebook that feel it necessary to show the world how much they love each other? Constantly sending each other love letters for the world to read. Well, my husband and I are friends with THOSE people. Let’s call them Barbie and Ken. […]
Before our daughter was born four-and-a-half years ago, we had it all figured out as all soon-to-be parents do. We were well-researched and anxious to show the world that we could right the wrongs of all parents that came before us. We had heard the sleeping horror stories, collected advice […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Originally Published by Abby Byrd on Little Miss Perfect In my post New Classroom Rules, I bemoan some trends I’ve seen in kids in recent years: lack of work ethic, lack of ability to follow directions, a sense of entitlement and unwillingness to take responsibility for their […]
1. “Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.” -Ed Asner 2. “It’s so awful, attacking your child. It’s the worst thing I know, to shout loudly at this 50 lb being with his huge trusting brown eyes. It’s like bitch-slapping E.T.” -Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on […]
Originally Published by Michelle Grewe at Crumpets and Bollocks Today is just a day about the period. Period. There were more references to a woman’s cycle made today than I’m sharing in this post, but I think it’s important we take the useful information and apply it to our lives. […]
Originally Published by Amy Hunter on The Outnumbered Mother After three kids, I’m pretty sure I’ve blocked out the myriad of stupid situations and random disasters that come with raising sons. Because, if I were to have a crystal-clear recollection of it all, I’d be occupying a padded room somewhere. […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Didn’t get enough of Disney’s Frozen in your life this past year? Just kidding, of course most of us wish we had the ability to time travel solely to prevent this nonsensical movie from ever being created. We have marveled at how little we can logically […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Originally Published by Joelle Wisler on Running from Mountain Lions It was a beautiful thought, really. My husband’s grandparents had died earlier this year (amazingly, they were born and then died eight days apart, both having lived exactly 95 years, 9 months and 28 days). Our […]