he brought a ziploc bag of 10 things to classit had a little bit of clear liquid in itthe teacher asked what is thisthese are 10 of my mother’s tears he saidthey are magic, actuallyyou said to bring something special he saidso this is what i brought … [Read more...]
Forty Is the New Forty
When my husband turned 50 I wondered if he would go through a mid-life crisis. I asked him about it. He said that he wished he had accomplished more by now, and I was offended, at first. I thought about me and our children. Aren't we accomplishments enough? This morning … [Read more...]
BlogHer 11: the Third Time Was the Charm
Last month I attended the BlogHer Conference - a gathering of 3,000+ bloggers, social media users, marketers, publicists, business owners, writers, and a whole you-name-it bunch of other people who descended upon the San Diego Convention Center for two days of panels and … [Read more...]
Blue Sky Paper Products Can Save Your Sanity
I have a long and storied history with lists and calendars. I suppose it started in elementary school with my love of fresh clean paper and notebooks. I remember meticulously recording my grades in my notebooks during high school, compiling a neat color coded list by the end of … [Read more...]
Who Am I Again? Motherhood and Identity
This was an original post for LA Moms Blog on April 8, 2009. SV Moms Group was acquired by Technorati so I post my archives here on Fridays. Something is happening to me, something nobody warned me about. Or maybe they did, but I wasn't paying attention. My little boys … [Read more...]