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I’ve just finished reading an advance review copy of Phillip Done’s (rhymes with “phone,” wish I’d known that four years ago) new book, Close Encounters of the Third Grade Kind: Thoughts on...
I’ve never had one of those naked-in-front-of-an-audience dreams, but I do have some of the other standards such as forgetting where class is, missing tests, and getting lost in hotels, malls, and campuses.
I mean, does it get any better than this? My ex-husband is so excited about my engagement to someone he admires that he is throwing me a get-together and inviting my parents while his parents are in town. Sha-ZAM! If that's not divorcing with Tendern...
Remember when a bunch of mom bloggers went to Cincinnati to visit with Pampers? Remember? No? The runs through O’Hare, the broken eyeglasses, the falls out of the limo? Still nothing?
Doing Internet TV with Momversation.com has been, hands down, the most exciting project I’ve worked on in my seven—almost eight—years of doing this. It’s my favorite community, and I get to work with the most astounding people every single week. Some...
Is there anything funnier than listening from the other room while your children try to guess your computer password? I don’t think so.
It is the only time they have been quiet since they got home, ostensibly to “let me rest” by the fireplace because...
Motherlode: Adventures in Parenting: Life as a Depressed Parent
By Lisa Belkin
Over at the Momversation this week, Heather Armstrong of Dooce.com is leading a candid talk about depression. She has been extremely open over the years about the...
My son’s den leader sent out a note yesterday asking that the boys contribute part of their Halloween candy to the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. In fact, as part of the Citizenship badge, they will be writing letters and making drawings to send to...
As of tonight, I’m back at about 78% capacity, so let’s talk about depression. Why not? I’m sure I wouldn’t feel great about it were I at full capacity, but ten days of swine flu has done a number on me. In that way the latest episode of...
