[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Do you, like me, need a break from news stories about wars, terrorists, and know-it-all businessmen who think they can run a country? Let’s discuss something utterly inconsequential today instead — say, how my spouse’s unfortunate penchant for extreme home renovation led to my figuratively throwing […]
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What Happened When I Became a Participant in My Own Life
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] When I was a first grader and would try to dive off the diving board, I would start at the way back. I would put my arms in the diving position (together over my head), and I would run the 7 feet forward and jump into […]
5 Ways Making Mom Friends Is The Worst
Every mom needs a support network of mom friends. Moms don’t freak out when you tell them about the gross things your kids do. Like when the baby finger-paints the nursery with their feces. Mom friends are more likely to understand, empathize, provide an embarrassing poop anecdote of their own, […]
I Gave My Son Away With No Questions Asked
I was married for 12 years to a man I thought was the one. Five years ago my divorce was finally done. The two years leading up to that day were pure hell. He had already been through two failed marriages and was the father of four children, ranging in […]
How to Protect Your Baby on the Internet
The following is a Sammiches and Psych Meds Featured Post. Featured Posts are intended to introduce readers to other writers we think they would love to follow. Please check out the post, visit the links in the writer’s bio, and be sure to click on the link to the writer’s […]
My Kids are A-Holes. Is it Because I Am Too?
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] While reading Diary of a Domestic Diva’s blog post about her kids being assholes, I found myself nodding my head. Her post scarily hits close to home. So WHY do our kids act like this? Why do they have the ability to make us feel like […]
Kids Say the Darndest, Most Hilariously Embarrassing Things
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Eons ago, when I was a young mom, I began collecting humorous stories from the mouths of babes. Please join me as I share several: J.J. and the Fancy Lady J.J. was 3 years old. Held in the arms of his father while in line at […]
6 Reasons 80s Childhoods Weren’t as Great as We Think
Lately, there’s a movement to glorify childhoods of the 80s and a call for parents to return to those simpler times. I’m not sure how this free range 80s childhood got so romanticized, but I’m here to tell you how things really were for kids in the 80s. 1. Trees […]