dear blog…

It’s not that I don’t love you all. I just have a hard time keeping a blog schedule. Because if I have a kid with a résumé that needs tweaking or a speech that needs punching up, that’s going to come first. Broken heart? That comes first. Two-week visit from a kid I haven’t seen [...]

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recession-proofing kids

Huh. I had no idea that I’ve been raising recession-proof kids for the past 25 years.  And it’s been so effortless.  I’ve done it with four simple words: “We can’t afford it.” Gotta tell ya, I’m pretty tired of all these hand-wringing articles advising parents how to break it to their little darlings that they [...]

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raising kids and rising blood pressure

I am the Rodney Dangerfield of mothers. My children keep a list of things I’ve said that they think are hysterical.  That’s right.  Like I used to do for them when they were first learning to talk.  Bottled Lightning actually called Boywonder to relate the latest lines culled from my witty lips. Only I don’t [...]

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