Parenting
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Fast Food Dining Room If you’re a Dad of teen or tween And you’re craving a taco or burrito of bean Hear me out, do not ask them to dine in At the Taco Bell dining room of sin It’s colorful, bright and an old person’s delight With sticky booths of plastic and taco picture
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It all started in my friend’s Mom’s kitchen where she kept Andy Garcia and George Clooney tucked away. Sandy was the coolest Mom, we all looked up to her. Everyone wanted to tell her about their boyfriend troubles, how Brandon wanted to have sex already but they weren’t ready, or how they snuck out at
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No one ever tipped me off that having a baby girl would actually be in fact giving birth to an opportunity to relive my entire life as a girl, a teen, and a human. I remember feeling like I already knew what it was like to be a little girl, and that I could picture
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When kids are under 5, you might hear “Mommy, where are you?”, “Mommy, hand me my drink!” and the favorite “Mommy, I pooped, and I’m done!” But one day, it changes. One day, you’re no longer “Mommy”. Just when you least expect it, you very simply become “Mom.” It happens suddenly and out of nowhere,
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Commercial reflections of a Gen X Mom
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If you know me, you know I am not a drama queen. I mean I can freak out now and then but generally, I’m not a drama queen. I actually married a drama queen (sorry honey), so I have to be the calm one. But since I moved my oldest and first born to college
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This post is for all the Moms WHO ARE ALWAYS IN THEIR CARS 💞
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Welcome to being a Mom of a Teen. There will be plenty of events where you are an innocent bystander to the active life your kid is leading. By the time your teen reaches 19, you will be an expert in ambiguity. A Queen of questioning. A thought leader of clouds. Where is the party?
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When my daughter was maybe 5, she came up to me and said she watched a show (maybe Blues Clues or Backyardigans) and learned about Blue Prints and she wanted to know if they also had Pink Prints. Oh, you clever child! You feminist! Love it! Just like her Mama, I thought. Not so fast
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This is a little ditty I created while on a work trip away from the fam. Sometimes it rhymes and sometimes it doesn’t. Whatever! I’ll miss you I’ll miss you when I’m at work I’ll miss you on the plane I’ll be thinking of you on my conference call with big haired Elaine I’ll miss
Always the Last to Bed 