It’s Friday, and it’s been a long week, and I need a break from my kids, and I need to go to bed early, so here is a Flashback Friday story. If you are having a similar Friday night and could use a laugh, here you go. * * * I’ve said a […]
Archives for July 2016
I’m Ready For The Next Chapter
The other day at the town beach I watched a woman with three kids, one of them a two-year-old, attempting to unload all the kid crap from her car. She had her hands full. Literally. She had a stroller and more than one beach bag and an umbrella and sand toys and a whole assload of other kid […]
What can you say NO to this week?
My midlife crisis continues. But my MLC isn’t about doing things to reclaim my youth. I’m not about to buy a Harley or a Ferrari. I’m not making plans to get plastic surgery and I’m not on the hunt for a twenty-something boyfriend. My midlife crisis is more of a midlife reevaluation. A look at what […]
Your husband just wants your respect. But are you giving it to him?
Last week a reader left a comment in response to the post I wrote about marriage being really fucking hard. It was a comment from a male reader, and in it he said: What I do know is this, wives want to be loved and they want their husband to validate their love for them […]
I live in the Land Of The Free, and that’s the way I’m going to parent.
This morning I went for a run. And being the 4th of July, Independence Day, I was thinking about this holiday. I was thinking about how one of the greatest things about this country is that we have freedom. And then as I was running I started thinking about how, in this country where we have […]
Three Things I’m Grateful For Today
1.Perfect weather on the 4th of July. 2. A stack of This Old House magazines from my mom. I’m gonna spend two hours today paging through magazines and reading and dreaming outside by the pool. In the perfect 4th of July weather. 3.Keb’ Mo’ I discovered Keb’ Mo’ about fifteen years ago. I could […]