As I joined the rally cry #MeToo… I dreaded you know all the ways I allowed creeps, losers, weirdos, and perverts – somehow define me. Instead of rage of electric femininity or pride in everything I know to be true of me, I slunk away or laughed like it was somehow okay. The fine lineRead More
Great Lies I Tell: Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, Elvis, & Jesus
I tell great lies, crazy unbelievable tales, no sane person would believe, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, Elvis, and Jesus. These stories are far-fetched, to say the least, but my children who trust me, they believe. Don’t you dare? Don’t even start with me, missy! Puh-lease! You know you do it, your face will stickRead More
How to be a Cool Good Mom in a Bad Mom World
How to be a Cool Good Mom in a Bad Mom World, I am not the worst mom in the world, and it is still kind of funny… My five-year-old just offered me a quarter to tell him where his Halloween candy is. And this could be one of those incidents where we broo-ha-ha over aRead More
Dear Momma of a Struggling Learner…. I Know.
Dear Momma of a Struggling Learner…. I know, I saw you leave the office in tears. Sitting in your car, you made the call, the one I made dozens of times. Either to a friend or your husband. They don’t understand. Another pill, another tutor, another plan – maybe this time he will catch up.Read More
Lost and Removed Parenting: Holding it Together, Falling Apart
By 3:45 am I had lost it, removed myself – was barely holding it together and completely falling apart. I really do need to correct my verbiage. A few weeks ago our long term foster placement was returned to her birth home. #Joybaby was with us for 18-months. Our grief is substantial. I should say,Read More
Marine Mom: The Few, The Proud, The Hysterical
I am in San Diego with my family and my son’s sweetheart. He just graduated from Marine Bootcamp. I am a military mom. Boo, aka Sugar Bum, is a Marine. Which makes me, Boo’s mom, a Marine mom. The draft ended in 1973, except for moms of the enlisted. We still are being drafted. TheRead More
The Fruit of the Spirit Moms Manifest in Abundance
The fruit of the spirit is a good measure of my Christian walk. In my experience, these are the goals of a “decent” Believer. Personally, I have muddied the waters – er, fruit basket, berating myself for my lacking in this area or that. Primarily, patience, I lack patience. Granted it’s not really my fault,Read More
Why I am Not a Fan of Mother’s Day
I have never been a fan of Mother’s Day. Today, the day before Mother’s Day is the 22nd anniversary of my motherhood. Our oldest daughter turns 22 today and graduates from my alma mater, Abilene Christian University. She was in the audience when I graduated from ACU, she was one. And I remember my firstRead More
Best Tips for Effective Parenting for Every Parent
October 1999, I thought I had the parenting thing down pat. I could have easily written tips on what I knew then about effective parenting for every parent. I would have been wrong. Mary Margaret, aka Maggie, Magpie, and the Magster was easy… even if we thought she was hard. I did, in fact,Read More
Sleepless in Texas: Excuse me while I Ignore You, Common Sense, and Jesus
I am living a sleepless existence. I am still all out of whack from daylight savings time. The entire concept is not from Jesus. Messing with time, which is from the Lord who created it, is blasphemy. On the seventh day He rested. He didn’t rest, except in the spring when He rested less, orRead More
How to Raise a Loser: A Step by Step Action Plan for Parents
In the midst of being a mom of seven, the revelations are exhausting, parents heed the warning. At 3:30 a.m. I received a text from a college-baby. Actually, four texts, one I may have slept through. College-Baby: I slipped and fell at work and landed on my butt. College-Baby: I can’t sleep it hurts soRead More
YO! Moms of JUST One: the #1 Solution to your Biggest Problem
I have seven. As a mother of seven, I want to know why when a mom of many says to you, “Oh, you JUST have one?” you don’t PUNCH HER IN THE THROAT??? [Tweet ““Oh, you JUST have one?” #onlychild”] Can I just say? This is this most insulting comment one mother can say toRead More
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