Crazy, Loco Love
When I read Karen Maezen Miller’s declaration of love on Mothering in the Middle, I knew after the first two sentences that the post I’d been writing had become a draft for another day. Crazy, loco...
View ArticleCamouflaged Love
I received quite a few comments offline for yesterday’s post, On Loving a Teenager. Parents at the end of their threadbare rope felt an instant of relief to know that what they were feeling for and...
View ArticleWhat A Problem!
The New York Times’, The Motherlode needs blogs. KJ Dell’Antonia wants a fresh, new blogroll. “So I’m hereby bringing back a Motherlode staple: the blogroll. A fresh, new blogroll, cleansed of the...
View ArticlePost Adoption Overwhelm!
When I read Rosie Molinary’s post, How to Build Attachment After Adoption on Mamiverse.com, I was sucked back into fifteen year old memories of coming home with my sons. What a mixed bag of emotions! I...
View ArticleMami, How Often Do You Mate?
When my oldest was in first grade, he would jump into the car talking a mile a minute, for weeks, about the hen in his classroom that about to lay her eggs. He was dying to see her lay them, but was...
View ArticleHelp!
I’m in a reading slump. There are two books of fiction and a memoir scattered around the house that I’m a few chapters into, but so far, theirs no tug at the bookworm in me. I’m not holding these...
View ArticleGetting Closer!
Earlier this morning, I finalized the book cover changes with CreateSpace and should receive a physical copy in the mail early next week, if all goes well. In the meantime, here’s what the front cover...
View ArticleCrazy, Loco Love on MITM
When it comes to loving my teenagers, Crazy Loco Love stretches me just shy of breaking point. At times, the connection between our children almost seems hardwired to snap, split, and break away while...
View ArticleThe Missing Element?
From Motherlode to Mamiverse the discussions on balancing family, work, parental roles, marriage, and life in general continues to be juggled between the parents and most of the time, it seems,...
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