Entries by Tracee

Breathe, Thumbalina, Breathe

By Tracee Sioux Close your eyes and breathe in pink puffs of air full of courage and calm, black air full of all your pain and fear. In two three and out two three, pink courage in two three, and black fear and pain out two three. Great, we’re almost there, just keep breathing like […]

The Secret

by Tracee Sioux Last Thursday I saw an Oprah on The Secret, a new DVD, and I had it overnighted for a party I was throwing. It changed everything for me. The Secret is the law of attraction. If I focus my thoughts on good things, then good things will happen in my life. If […]

Shut Up John Mayer, Stop Waiting On the World to Change

by Tracee Sioux The hit song, Waiting on the World to Change by John Mayer, is about political apathy and I am declaring that it’s time to change our tune as Americans. Even as a political science major with an obvious interest in politics and social change, I have been just as guilty as anyone […]

In Defense of What I Did All Day

By Tracee Sioux My husband, bless his soul, has been giving me crap about why the house isn’t spotless every day when he comes home from work. While this may be dull and monotonous to everyone else, hopefully it will enlighten him to my true role as “housewife,” as he likes to refer to me. […]

Amendment to Beauty Bank Rule

By Tracee Sioux For practical purposes I must amend my previous post about the sin beauty bank. The first practical problem being that my daughter is fixating on going out for Chinese. She loves going to Chinese as a great way for us to hang out. “Mama, can we just call ourselves a bunch of […]

Princess Ban

By Tracee Sioux “No princesses, Bratz or Barbie gifts,” read the invitation for my daughter’s 5th birthday party this year. The week before we had gone to the used bookstore and sold all Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Little Mermaid and Barbie books. She was allowed to pick other, healthier, books […]

Sexy

By Tracee Sioux As the mother of a four-year-old daughter, I have been mentally preparing myself for the eventual discussion about sex. I was going to be open-minded and talk honestly and without fear. I was going to talk about specifics, including feelings, and be open to my daughter’s wish to experiment, though cautioning against […]