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Wear the Damn Swimsuit. But also…
Posted On June 2, 2019

Two years ago, I stood out on my {kickass} in-law’s dock, in my “swimdress,” waved my hands in the air, and then, wrote a blog post entitled, WEAR THE DAMN …

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The death and life of a crayfish named Roy
May 11, 2019

I didn’t look at the permission sheet long enough. {I am no longer in beginning-of-the-school-year right-on-top-of-things form. Stacks of crumpled papers are emptied from backpacks once a week instead of …


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When I recall my best days, it will be near the top
December 24, 2018

I smiled. I just sat, mouth wide with teeth brimming from corner to corner. He snuggled his curly mop under my chin and the lights and music were in rhythm …


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Five things I Hope You Know: words for my Littlest on his 5th birthday
December 10, 2018

Today, my Littlest, you are five. F I V E. It doesn't sound like much. But oh my stars. You, my child, have had a lot of commotion in your five years …


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I’d choose it all over again. And again.
July 17, 2018

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Charles dickens. Smart guy that one. Over the last several years, I’ve repeated those words often. It is the best of …


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Toaster Strudel not an oven strudel aka why mothers go insane
July 9, 2018

“No. I want to make it in da my-cwhoa-wave.” “But it’s a TOASTER strudel, bud.” IT’S A FREAKING CONVENIENCE FOOD FOR GOLLY SAKES. IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE CONVENIENT. NOT NECESSITATE PRE-HEATING …


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She didn’t plan on a Pageant Girl
July 8, 2018

She didn’t plan on raising a pageant girl. This friend of mine. The one who was an all-star athlete. Who came from athletic stock. The one who from childhood through college …


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The madness makes it magic
June 18, 2018

We headed down for a Mama/Sons evening out. Dinner out. And tickets to a show. Truth be told, we were already later than we should have been. Like a complete rookie, as we …


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Pass the wet ones, please. We’ve got poop on our hands.
May 31, 2018

“Mommy! I need to go poop!” “Okay! Hey B... could you take him to the bathroom? It’s over by the Optical area. That way I can let Jo shop in the …


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Teacher, you make me cry
May 21, 2018

I just started crying. Golly darn it. It wasn’t the time. Or the place. But of course my emotions didn’t seem to care about any of that. We’d just been chatting, …