I Promise To Let You Have Ugly Hair
I recently spent time around a table with some older and wiser mothers. Conversation soon turned to teenagers. I envied my own budding members of this often maligned demographic, who sat on the hostess’ matching recliners, lost in competition on their iPods, while the battle-worn women told of children morphing into angry, emotionally unstable – even abusive – teens.
Classroom Mom Horror Stories… And How To Avoid Them!
Whether as the room mom or the hapless volunteer, most moms of school-aged kids have at least one horror story. Its easy to get caught in PTA politics and indulge petty differences.
The Gunnar Challenge Could Be a Challenge
I had just finished writing the first draft of an essay when the Gunnar Challenge landed in my inbox. I had been writing about giving up my need to lose the “last five pounds,” about accepting my body the way it was, about loving that little pooch in my mid-range.
3 Reasons why Jessica Simpson is the Smartest Blonde You Know
Okay, so maybe you dont know Jessica Simpson. I dont either. But I know plenty of women just like her.
Joining the Ranks of Stupid Parents Everywhere
Increasingly my children characterize my husband and I as the supporting idiots in their lives. Intellectually, I get it. But its hard to transition from the gods they once thought us to be, into these obsolete fools they need us to become in order to fully become themselves. So senseless are we that we must be tolerated and – more often – corrected.