I’m just going to come right out and say it. If you have a child under the age of 18 living in your house, and you have given them a phone or an iPad or a laptop or any other sort of device they can use to communicate with other people, you should be monitoring […]
Archives for January 2015
I can’t hear you. I have a labia in my ear.
Earlier today, this happened: The rest of the kids were impressed with the parts of his head that Number 6 managed to cover with marker. It was everywhere. An unidentified male member of the family took one look at him. “Whoah! It’s even in your ears! You got green all the way inside your… labia!” […]
Dear Lost
The other day I received a message on the Facebook page from a reader. I asked her if I could publish it anonymously, and write my response in a post. Because I don’t think she is alone. At all. Here is what she wrote (published with permission): Today I read your “Have you moved out […]
Dear Number 3
Dear Number 3, There is a page in your baby book where I am supposed to write you a letter. You are nine and a half years old, and that page is still blank. I’ve been waiting for that moment to hit me when I knew just the perfect thing to write. Because one day […]
Move over Tony.
When I was in college I was at this sports banquet where one athlete from each athletic team was honored, and it was held at a Booster Club in town which was basically like Fred Flinstone’s Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes Lodge No. 26 club. At the banquet I was given an award for swimming, […]
Kicking ass and taking names.
So if you’re new here, let me recap. Two years ago I lost a bunch of weight. I committed to fitness. Exercise saved my sanity. I have remained committed to exercise since the journey began. But I kind of fell off the food wagon and gained some of the weight I lost back. Then a […]