“There is no tenderness or humanity in fanaticism.” – J. Strummer My dad was raised Mormon but I always knew him as an Atheist. My mother was raised Catholic but now believes in the Sacred Feminine. In an effort not to screw me up any more than necessary, my parents […]
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My Son’s Birthday and the Worst Day of My Life
I’ve been crabby all day. At first, I thought it was because yesterday was the longest day of teaching I’ve had yet this year: a full load of classes followed by meetings and parent night until after 9 PM. Then, I thought it might be because I was still tired […]
Late Bloomers Blossom, Too: Back to School and Life at 25
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Overcoming Life’s Unplanned Obstacles, Taking a Chance and Emerging a Winner Three years ago, when I was twenty-five and a newly-enrolled college freshman (yes, you read that right), it was obvious that I was not your typical eighteen-year-old carrying a sheaf of spiral notebooks and fresh […]
Hilarious Misadventures with Preschool Phonics
By E. R. Catalano of Zoe vs. The Universe My daughter’s preschool class has started to learn phonics. If you went to school in the seventies or eighties like I did, you may remember learning to read with either phonics or the whole language approach. My school had phonics, aka […]
Fashionably Irrational: Letting My Toddler Decide My Back-to-School Attire
By Lisa Carmody Doiron of Momologues. Sigh… As fall breezes in, it’s time to put away the flip flops and sundresses and replace them with…umm…ah… I don’t know…turtlenecks? Seriously, I don’t know anything about fashion. I’ve always been a little behind in the clothing department, and since having kids, it’s […]
If Disney Princesses Were Back-to-School Moms
By Eileen Turay of Liv&Leen It’s TIME!! People all around the country have been both anxiously awaiting and/or dreading the days until school is back in session; and the time has finally come. If you’ve ever been a part of the “Back to School” culture, you’ve probably noticed that there are […]
He’s Not Teething. He’s Just An A-Hole.
I’m probably an average parent who does average parent stuff. Like noticing small actions or personality traits displayed by my 13 week old sons and then projecting those to speculate exactly what they’ll be like as adults. I think most parents of newborns do this. And it’s probably because when […]
A Letter to Boys 1 and 2: A Few (11) Simple Requests from a Tired Mom
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Kathryn Berens of Turning Twice Twenty Dear Boys 1 and 2: Boys will be boys…trite but true. However, for the sake of household harmony and my own sanity, I have a couple of gripes which, as they say, are “better out than in.” I think […]