c. April, 1993, Spring Break, Matamoros, Mexico … [Read more...]
A Month of Reading – Day 26, Recap
This is the fourteenth post in "A Month of Reading" I saw on Facebook that Kelby Carr is doing a "Best of 2012" round up of posts from the parent-blogging world on Type A Parent. I decided to throw my hat in the ring, so I poked around my blog starting from January 2012. … [Read more...]
Hugs For the Holidays: You Are Not Alone, Even Though It Feels Like It
In the past year, I've lost one of my best friends, my grandfather, and my illusion that I can keep my family safe. It is that first loss, the one of my friend Lisa who was my best friend in Los Angeles and the woman who gave me a reason to move here from Connecticut when I … [Read more...]
A Month of Reading – Day 14-16, Apology
This is an open letter of apology to the mom bloggers I normally scorn for jumping on the traffic bandwagon after a terrible event makes national news. In the later hours of last Friday, I saw a lot of people posting things on Facebook, trying to gather their blogger … [Read more...]
A Month of Reading – Day 14, Alternative
This is the eleventh post in A Month of Reading Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp. Guns aren't lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as well live. From the poem "Resumé" by Dorothy Parker, as quoted in You … [Read more...]