Lessons Learned From Thing One and Thing Two

May 12, 2008

Some (of the many) things my children have taught me:

1. Unconditional love does exist outside of Hollywood movies. And its completely worth the hype.

2. They are ALWAYS listening and they will repeat what you say (i.e. mom wants a quiet vibrator for her birthday) to an inappropriate person (i.e. your father) at an inopportune time (i.e. the family 4th of July BBQ).

3. When you hear “oops” come from behind a closed bathroom door a mere second after the flush…it’s too late. Just get the plunger. And the mop.

toilet and toys

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Killer Instincts?

April 7, 2008

So this morning I sat and stared at a photograph on a website for ten minutes…trying to see if I could detect evil in a set of wild brown eyes.

This is Kiama Paez. She recently beat her infant son to the brink of death. Why? She needed him to stop crying, and he just wouldn’t.

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Relax, Don’t Do It…If You Want To Come!

March 19, 2008

Welcome to “He said, She said,” where we take a common question or topic and see if members of the opposite sex can get on the same page, or if they’ll have to agree to disagree. Today’s topic:

Faking orgasms: good for the ego, or just bad for the libido?

two in bed

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Where My Strength Lies

February 11, 2008

“Be faithful in small things for it is in them that your strength lies.

~Mother Theresa

Since my very first days of blogging I have struggled to find a balance between being open and being discrete. It is not that I wanted to isolate myself from the people who were coming into my life via the Internet, but safety was a priority. So the challenge was finding that line between safe admission and too much information.

balance

I have been completely honest and frank with virtual strangers about my feelings, emotions, and thoughts…that part was simple. In fact, baring my soul to strangers became a form of therapy to me. I gained and continue to gain much clarity through my writing and through my interaction with the Internet community that I have cultivated. However, I kept many of my most personal details hidden, letting only little snippets slide out on occasion. And I actually kept the biggest part of my life secret from my Internet audience for a long time:

I am a single mother.

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