I usually read a lot, so I am surprised that my list is so small. I'll blame it on the second book in my list which took 11 days to read, because it was slow going.Bastard on the Couch, ed. Daniel Jones. (pp. 184-276, since I started this before May 5) This is the men's reply … [Read more...]

My latest column on the crazy life appears today on The Mommy Times. The following post is an outtake from that piece, the part that hit the cutting room floor, so to speak:Public DisciplineI also had to spank Kyle in the mall one day. I was there with both kids on a hot day so … [Read more...]

I married an older man.He's twelve years older than I am. It didn't matter to me when we met, when I was 25 and he was 37. He was proud, when he turned 41 and I was still only 29. It never bothered me that he is closer in age to my parents than he is to me.He was established in … [Read more...]

When Kyle took his first steps two years ago, I cried because that meant he was on his way out of babyhood. When Brady did it a few weeks ago, I was still a little bit sad, but I was so happy for him because now he's on his way to keeping up with his big brother, and that's all … [Read more...]

Kyle is home sick today. He has a terrible hacking cough that I would hate to have my children around if the shoe was on the other foot, so we kept him home from daycare. He feels fine and has tons of energy, of course, so it's not like the sick days I remember as a child, when … [Read more...]