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Tiny Teacher
(Throwback Thursday from something I wrote in 2011 before the inception of this blog.) My eight-year old daughter has been “teaching” since she could utter words. Our basement is complete with white...
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We’re Taking Bad Manners to a Whole New Level
Remember when we used to think that it was rude if someone didn’t RSVP to a party but showed up anyway? Maybe more of an etiquette issue, but remember when your grandmother was aghast in the 1990s when...
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Does Violence Really Make Games More “Fun”?
Throwback Thursday: 9/19/2013 (Dollar amounts have no doubt increased since the original writing.) A significant number of my 19-28 year old male college students would give a resounding “yes!” to that...
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Stuff Mom’s don’t want to say out loud. Sometimes we do, but many times we...
Well, our pre-Mom lives certainly didn’t always look like the photo to the left, and our post-Mom lives certainly don’t always look like the photo to the right. But, wow, sometimes it does get crazy,...
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Mom, Were You EVER a Kid?!
Whenever I don’t laugh at something my 16-year old son thinks is funny, he asks me if I was EVER a kid. Just last week he told a friend that he believes Grandma delivered me as a “grown up”. The truth...
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The Difference in One Year THEN and The Difference in One Year NOW…
Between birth and one year of age, my kids: Rolled over, crawled, pulled up and walked by 9 months Ate solid food Said all family names Eventually spoke in choppy sentences Followed book pages with...
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Is It Fair That We are Judged by How We Look?
This is a question that I have asked my college students over the years. Inevitably, they will argue that it is absolutely “not fair!” and without my intervention, end up sharing countless examples of...
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Enough
The world tells me to just be me But then it says my shirt isn’t tight enough My skirt isn’t short enough My waist isn’t tiny enough. Politicians tell me to vote with my head and my heart Then they...
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Getting Ahead or Enjoying the Moment?
Throwback Thursday 8/15/2013 Recently, my daughter had her very first job interview. After we decided on her outfit and printed a copy of her resume, I wondered if they’d offer a 401K plan. Although...
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Trying to get the perfect photo of your moody teens? Graduation? Christmas?
My twins who are the oldest of my three kids were entering the really annoying “teen stage” at about 13 years old. They were still very good kids, but one thing in particular became very difficult for...
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