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You’re always ignoring me. It’s inappropriate. It hurts my feelings and it makes me sad and mad. You should listen to me when I talk to you, Ainsley informed me during our Mommy/Daughter Day on Saturday. You’re right. I’m sorry. You have a valid point and you have right to expect my attention. I was […]
Ainsley passed her test for her Taekwondo Orange Belt on Saturday. Of about 25 people testing for various levels of belt, there were four girls. She was the only girl her age and in her belt category. I was extraordinarily proud of her. We witnessed a middle-aged woman qualify for her black belt. Watching her […]
My family really shines on Mother’s Day. Especially my husband, who always puts a lot of effort into getting the children involved in doing something creative for me. I woke to pancakes with whipped cream and strawberries, an 8X11 photo of my children spelling out each letter of “Happy Mother’s Day” in my office and […]
If I were picking daughters off the shelf I would pick you Ainsley. If I were picking Mommies of the shelf I would pick you Mommy. (Idea taken from Growing a Girl: Seven Strategies for Raising a Strong, Spirited Daughter)
Do you know what “Give us this day our daily bread” means?, Daddy asked Ainsley as they were saying night-time prayers. That God gives us what we need, like food and stuff? Right. What do you need Ainsley? More attention from Mommy. That’s what I love about kids, they will usually tell us exactly what […]
Last night was the last night of the A New Earth webcast and I watched with some sadness. I don’t want it to be over. I’ve found the experience very enlightening, opening me up to my own spiritual self and really, finally removing a veil from my own Christian religious traditions and texts. For the […]
I’m very proud to tell you that an essay I wrote about motherhood is being featured on Mothering Heights in Christine Fugate’s 2nd Annual Mothering Heights Mother’s Day Anthology. I wrote an essay titled It’s Just Not About Them about the place of men in my life pre- and post-children. There are many other fantastic […]
Here’s the thing about daughters. They grow up. Since 72% of women work now it seems reasonable to assume that one of the things we should be doing as parents is to improve the work environment for women so that it’s an equitable and empowering environment for our daughters when they get there. Mothers, you […]
Senator Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, isn’t waiting for Election ’08 to get the Healthy Americans Act passed. * Every American will have it * Comprehensive – comparable to Congress. * Portable – take it when you leave your job. * Non-discriminatory – ban on “pre-existing conditions” and everyone gets a fair price. Affordable – under $40,000 […]
I’m profoundly disturbed by a phenomenon I witnessed yesterday on YouTube. Apparently, there is a clip from a real porn movie called Two Girls One Finger. The clip is so sick and wrong that the above girl actually vomits. (Please note the video above is not the porn clip, watching it is disturbing, but it […]
I’m conflicted about this. Wasn’t the media just lying in wait for the girl to screw up and cross the very fine line between contemporary and provocative? “Vanity Fair wants to sell magazines,” one newswoman says. “Exactly right,” another newswoman says, “Yeah, true,” I say. “But, no more than you want higher viewer ratings and […]
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