Parenting
Letter to Parents of Autistic Teen, Max Begley: “You have a Retarded Kid, deal with it!” Not a Hate Crime
WTF is wrong with people? I have seen some pretty crazy shit in my lifetime but nothing compares to the disturbing letter…
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Weight Loss
Nutrisystem Week 11 Update
I just finished week 11 of Nutrisystem and I lost another 1 pound. This means I have officially lost 3 of the…
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Confessions
For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn
Anyone who has ever read this blog before knows that I don’t write flash fiction. In fact, I write the complete opposite…
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Health
To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate, that is the Question
Did you know that August is National Immunization Awareness Month? Neither did I! It is and whether you believe in getting your…
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Health
An Open Letter to Babble.com in Regard to Fertility Issues
Dear Babble, What were you thinking running the article about Motherlode columnist, Amy Klein’s fertility issues, titled Should We Be Sympathetic to…
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Throat Punch Thursday
Wireless Baby Monitor Hacked while Pervert Shouts Sexual Obscenities at Toddler~ Throat Punch Thursday
Did you know that a wireless baby monitor could be hacked? Did you use audio monitors when your children were babies? I…
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Parenting
Why Third Grade Sucks & I Prefer the Weeping Mothers of K-2
This year, I was prepared to not be the crying pool of snot that I once was, have been, for the past…
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Confessions
Back-to-School ~Stop that Train, I Want to Get Off
It’s back-to-school already! My girls start back to school in a couple days and I am decidedly simultaneously ecstatic and sad about…
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Throat Punch Thursday
Faith-Healer Parents, Catherine & Herbert Schaible, face Murder Charges for Letting 2nd Child Die~ Throat Punch Thursday
It’s Thursday and do I have a throat punch for you; a Philadelphia fundamentalist Christian couple, Herbert and Catherine Schaible, are being…
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Parenting
Stealing Pillows
Exhausted and weary, I frantically searched my bed for my pillow; the pillow that I have had since college that has been…
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