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A Divorced Mom Talks to Her Children About Marriage
Tue Dec 27 2016
I don’t want my kids to grow up thinking they are failures if they get divorced. I don’t want them to think that they even have to get married. And I also don’t want them to think happily ever after is just a pipe dream they can never achieve. View at huffingtonpost »
When is Belief in Santa Inappropriate?
Mon Dec 26 2016
My eleven-year-old still believes in Santa. Yes, he really believes, he doesn’t just pretend to believe to keep Christmas magical for his little brother or because he is afraid of disappointing me. Read more »
Straightland, a Family Emigration Story
Tue Dec 20 2016
Leaving Straightland was easy, we just had to walk through the closet door. View at huffingtonpost »
Book Review of Sink or Swim: Tales from the Deep End of Everywhere by Brenda Kelley Kim
Fri Dec 16 2016
That common experience of motherhood makes this book engaging, as each story reminds me of one of my own, making reading the book feel like a conversation between new friends. View at momeggreview »
Snow Day
Thu Dec 15 2016
There is nothing better than wearing an animal costume to school, except maybe a snow day. Read more »
Elocution Fail Blog
Mon Dec 12 2016
Most of my mangled language I got from reading books. As a child, I read quickly and didn’t always notice that I was adding or deleting letters, or putting them in a different order. I tend to speak like I write—in spell-check-ese. Read more »
How I Obtained an Elf on the Shelf Against my Will
Fri Dec 09 2016
How can I threaten to call Santa to report on the children's misdeeds if Santa already has a spy embedded in our household? It’s an abdication of authority. The Santa threat is very important to my parental strategy this time of year. View at huffingtonpost »
Have Yourself a Very Fifties Christmas
Thu Dec 08 2016
I belong firmly on Team Don’t Mess with My Holiday Nostalgia. I don’t want new lights, new songs, or new ideas. Read more »
I Tossed My Pants, and I Liked It
Wed Dec 07 2016
One of my favorite blogs from the only-mama blog years, circa 2013. View at blogher »
The Aggressive Deployment of Kale
Thu Dec 01 2016
It’s like all the nutrition experts in the country went out drinking and decided to promote kale this year because they really don’t like people very much. Read more »
Generation Gap: Normalizing Alternative Families
Tue Nov 29 2016
I made my mother a ninja whether she wanted to be a ninja or not because it's my blog and I can make people ninjas if I want to. View at huffingtonpost »
It's Not About Winning-it's Just My Turn
Thu Nov 24 2016
Happy Thanksgiving, and if you are a single parent, remember you get to make the rules, and you no longer have to be nice to your ex-in-laws unless you want to. Read more »