Entries by Tracee

HPV Vaccine, Right of Girls To Health

By Tracee Sioux I have been a little surprised at the reaction to a vaccine for HPV (human papillomavirus virus), which causes cervical cancer. I suppose I thought most of the planet, like me, have spent some time hoping that mad-scientists will eventually eradicate cancer. So, when I heard they had an actual vaccine, Center […]

Expectations

by Tracee Sioux Last week, while at a friend’s getting my hair done (read more about my Pink Hair Fiasco), our two 5-year-olds were playing dress up. Since I was stuck in the chair, I had asked Ainsley to take care of Zack and keep him occupied in the bedroom with the other kids. During […]

Fear Not

By Tracee Sioux My brother recently wrote me a letter about how he remembered me saving his life. He was going down a pool slide in a float and it flipped over when he got to the bottom. It was the old kind with a harness on it and he couldn’t get out, he was […]

Service versus Codependence

By Tracee Sioux For women, I believe, it’s very difficult for us to know where the line is between acts of service and codependence. Codependence is a complicated concept for me, because the line blurs so easily and I very often find out that my acts of service are actually unhealthy codependent behaviors after the […]

Where Do Babies Come From?

By Tracee Sioux A few weeks ago I was at a mentor/mentee slumber party when a fellow mentor mentioned that she was trying to decide how to tell her nine-year-old daughter where baby’s come from. My five-year-old knows where baby’s come from, I said. She doesn’t know how they get there but she knows where […]

Misogynistic Violence for Breakfast

By Tracee Sioux I’m up in the gym working on my fitness too! That’s right, Fergie. . . Yeah, I’m not here for your entertainment either! You tell ‘em Pink, . . . If everyone cared and nobody cried . . . we’d see the day no body died . . .Okay, Nickleback good point, […]

I Suck

by Tracee Sioux I am not a smoker. I have been writing this message on my wrist for the last year on and off. I read in a magazine that it’s supposed to help me kick the habit. It’s supposed to help me redefine myself as a non-smoker. It’s supposed to change my identity from […]

Between the Covers

By Tracee Sioux I started a book club two months ago. A lovely woman showed up and suggested we call it Between the Covers. It implies something just a little naughty – I dig it. I have always wanted a group of women that I hang out with on a regular basis and I’m a […]

The Voice in My Head

by Tracee Sioux Last year when my mother came to visit my then four-year-old daughter was being down right rude to her. During a moment alone I confronted Ainsley, You are being rude to Grandma. What’s got into you? You are not allowed to treat anyone that way.Well, YOU do! she shot back.There was so […]

Generous & Grateful

By Tracee Sioux I think generosity and gratefulness are two attributes kids should learn early. It is very hard to teach empathy to a 33 year old, but much easier to teach it to 3, 4, and 5 year olds. In our family we donate 10% of everything we bring in. It’s a sound principle. […]

Sexual Urban Legend

By Tracee Sioux Everyone has heard this urban legend . . . I have a cousin (or uncle or brother or dad or son) who was only 18 (19, 20, 21, 22) and his girlfriend was 14 and she totally seduced him and then when he broke up with her she had him arrested for […]

I Agree With Bill O'Reilly (SCREAM!!!!)

By Tracee Sioux Seriously, all evidence suggests that hell must have frozen over. I have seen Bill O’Reilly, Fox newsman, on a few talk shows recently and I actually agreed with part of his mission. I’m a little concerned I’m becoming a . . . Right Wing Conservative?!?!?!? Whew – not quite. Still me. But […]