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What Does It Profit a Man…?

In the middle of a group discussion some time ago, a gentleman whom I had known for a while happily announced that he was expecting a second child by another woman other than the mother of his first child. He went on to proudly declare that he just could not deal with the first woman,Continue reading “What Does It Profit a Man…?”

To BB or not to BB…

My (almost) eight year old daughter has been complaining lately that I spend too much time on my Blackberry. She even went as far as to say, “I wish it would crash….” (I kid you not!). Of course, I was quick ask her why she would say such a thing; to which she retorted thatContinue reading “To BB or not to BB…”

Compartmentalized and All That Jazz!

Life is so weird and unpredictable…one minute you are up and the next minute you are down…you know you should be grateful for your “blessings”; still, you find yourself experiencing a sudden sense of blah and gloom. A sense of hopelessness that totally interferes with your routine, and then you find yourself stuck – unableContinue reading “Compartmentalized and All That Jazz!”

Yuletide Parenting

Tis the season to be jolly…tis the season for giving…yaay yaay… we know this… this is what society continues to feed us…so we get it! We are supposed to be singing Christmas carols in the mornings as we rise and feeling a sense of love and inexplicable joy – all this should be automatic, becauseContinue reading “Yuletide Parenting”

Hello world!

I am a mother of one who, for many years, observed that people are afraid to admit many things that they experience as parents – single parents, married parents, parents to non-biological children, parents of troubled kids, parents who parent apart, parents going through a separation (death, divorce, etc.), parenting while ill – everything parentingContinue reading “Hello world!”