It’s time for another book review! First, a disclaimer. I was not an English literature major or anything in college. So don’t be expecting anything professional. As a busy and exhausted mom who still does not have large amounts of uninterrupted time to read anything, my criteria for a good book are as follows: 1) […]
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Sexless in Seattle
A while back a woman who referred to herself as Sexless in Seattle wrote to me and asked me a question about sex. Or more specifically, the absence of it in her marriage. She is a mom, has a young kid, has been dealing with depressions and taking antidepressants for a while now, and over the […]
The Talk, Episode 3.
Zones is in Webster, NY (near Rochester) and about 5 1/2 hours from our house. A blog reader who has taken a couple of my e-courses and become an online friend of mine let me know she lived in Webster, and we arranged to have dinner last night in town. I had never met her […]
WELL WHAT HAPPENS TO BOYS, THEN???
Our normal routine here is that I get home from swim practice at about 8:00. I get Number 3 and 4 their dinner, and while they are eating, I put Number 6 and 7, who share a room, into bed. We read a story, then I sing each of them a song, and we do […]
The Tunnel and the Train
This afternoon I was sitting with a couple friends watching Number 3’s baseball game. All of our sons play on the same team, and one of the friends lives just down the road from me. After I had unfolded my chair, sat down and gotten all my stuff settled, she said to me, “Have you […]
If My Kid Is Being An Asshole, I Want You To Tell Me
In the past couple weeks I have found myself in a few different awkward positions where I haven’t quite known what the right thing to do is. In one situation, one of my kids got hurt by a friend’s kid. Like struck in the head with a rock. Should I say something? It was an accident. I knew […]