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The Guilt Trip.
Sometimes, I have to travel for my job. This weekend I’m off to New Jersey for graduation ceremonies for the online academic program I direct. Akeyla takes the news well. Though in one breath she’s wailing, “Mommy! I don’t want … Continue reading
Posted in Land of Tea, These posts are not funny.
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This isn’t my real Mothers’ Day post but I looked like Adele so you can understand why it had to go up immediately.
I was looking in the mirror before my occasional shower. I ran my hands through my hair in morning exhausperation, as I am wont to do. (You know what, spellcheck? Exhausperation should be a word). And suddenly, I had a … Continue reading
Posted in High Fashion, Inappropriate Behavior
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Fine, call me a mommy blogger: I’m proud to be a woman writing online.
In late April, the Wall Street Journal ran a piece called “The Mommy Business Trip: Conferences Appeal to Women With a Guilt-Free, Child-Free Reason to Leave Home,” in which the reporter mocked with undisguised glee the idea that grown-up ladies … Continue reading
Posted in Hear Me Roar
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My Husband Performs “Fairy Houses” by Tracy Kane
We recently purchased the adorable children’s book “Fairy Houses” by Tracy Kane. It teaches children about the wonder and beauty and magic of the natural world, a world in which fairies just might dwell in your backyard – waiting to … Continue reading
Posted in Inappropriate Behavior, Marital Bliss
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I make a sports analogy and Matt backs away slowly.
Sometimes I actually make the girls healthy snacks and don’t just throw crap at them while they watch iCarly. So I was making smoothies last night WITH REAL FRUIT AND EVERYTHING in my Ninja Pulse Blender Blast Blend that I … Continue reading
Posted in Marital Bliss
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