People send me all sorts of suggestions and (unsolicited) advice all the time. Some things make my roll my eyes and sigh heavily. But there are plenty of things I am willing to try. The last couple years have just been so crazy that I haven’t acted on most of the ideas I think might be […]
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Desperate for Advice
About a week ago I received this message: I am in desperate need of advice. I have 4 children and my husband has 4 children from a previous marriage. For the past several months we have been in a custody battle for his children. It is looking like we are going to be granted custody […]
Dear Not Your Average Mom: Have I fucked up my daughter for life?
Last night I received this message from a reader (shared with persmission): Tonight my husband & I had a fight. Non physical & no name calling, just loud & aggressive. This is so out of character for us but we both lost our shit. It was after my 3 year old was put to bed […]
Dear Not Your Average Mom: Is our family complete?
Dear Not Your Average Mom, You have 7 kids. That is impressive. My dilemma right now is this: I have 3 kids… one is from a previous relationship… I have a wonderful husband and we have 2 little boys together. The dilemma is should we have another one? There are a MILLION and ONE reasons […]
Dear Not Your Average Mom: My daughter constantly throws fits…
If motherhood is driving you to the brink of insanity, you are in luck! I’ll be speaking at the Easton Public Library at 7 pm on Monday, May 4th. Come and join me. You’ll laugh. You might even cry. (I know I will 😉 ) After the post I wrote entitled How to Stay Sane […]
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 […]