Making my kids hate me one post at a time.
Every now and then I want to be inspirational. It’s not that often, perhaps, but even I stop wisecracking once in a while and get serious. Today I’m sharing one of my favorite pieces, full of very real – but still very funny – advice to my niece. All the things I wish I knew when […]
Today, I have a surprise for you. Mike is not all snark. He has a real, beating heart under there – and some serious smarts when it comes to raising kids. Since his kids are young adults and mine are still little curtain-climbers, I’m gleaning some wisdom from this post while I laugh. I bet […]
Although I wanted daughters my whole life, I ended up having two awesome boys instead. I’ve always been a bit of a guy’s girl so in the end, someone knew better than I did. But coming from a family of all girls, I was really scared when I found out I was carrying a member […]
A new article in the Wall Street Journal says that 3 out of 4 parents yell at their children once a month. I say 4 out of 4 parents are liars. This is the most ridiculous statistic I’ve heard in my lifetime. I have 2 little children who’ve been out of school and snowed in within […]
Justin Bieber’s mom, Pattie Mallette, has a very famous and talented son, a reputation for being religious, and she probably has a house in the South of France. She also has something you don’t know about. A sense of humor. Just before Christmas, I almost passed up the chance to interview her in anticipation of […]
The best way to create a magic Sucker Garden for your kids is to have someone else do it for you. On a visit to my in-laws, Asher’s Bimma (it stands for Big Momma, mmmkay?) handed him a clear plastic baggie of what looked like cupcake sprinkles one afternoon and had him strew them all […]
10:30pm, Monday night. Getting ready to invite a visitor into my bed because my husband is gone for the night. Some almost imperceptible urge makes me tiptoe to the front of the house and look out. Dammit. So much for sliding between the sheets. My neighbors’ garbage cans line the street. Gabe is out of […]
Hey, you! Stop picking through the sad remains of Mother’s Day cards in Target. Step away from the awful, already wilting bouquet of mixed blooms in Publix. And for God’s sake, don’t even think about letting Jane Seymour talk you into buying that godawful open hearts necklace for her. Because today, I’m letting you in […]
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