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Life
How to Make the Laundry Pile Your B*tch
My laundry goal is not necessarily cleanliness. It’s reducing the pile of dirty laundry to a sad caricature of itself. I want to see the mountain reduced to a hill, or if ambition sets in, maybe remnants that can be hidden in the dirty laundry hamper. To be clear, I […]
What a Breast Cancer Scare Taught Me About Life
A few months ago, I entered my doctor’s office for my yearly check-up. I had no reason to think the appointment would be anything but ordinary. I had been feeling fine, or at least as fine as a full-time working mother with two small children can feel. That I had […]
Can Your Vagina Play The Flute?
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. […]
Writing Resume for First Blog Conference
I signed up for my first blog conference Friday night. I’d like to say I was drunk and/or high, but the fact of the matter is, I was peer pressured into it by one of my favorite new bloggy buds, Harmony of Modern Mommy Madness. To most people, a blogger […]
When Chronic Illness Affects One’s Family
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] My dearest husband, The day we met was almost like the beginning of a fairy tale, and we know how I feel about those Grimm Brothers. They’re absolutely horrid. Still, you have been my happily ever after since that fateful plane ride that brought us to […]
Why I Want My Kids to Live with Their Significant Others Before Marriage
My husband and I grew up in relatively conservative families. Our parents went to church every Sunday, made sure we ate dinner together every night, and, most importantly, waited until they were married to live with each other. So when my husband and I announced we would be moving out […]
Ashes
[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 […]