Image credit: Photo by tripp-e on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons My daughter Janie ran up to me today, curls bouncing and eyes sparkling, and exclaimed enthusiastically, "Mama, I love you the most of anyone!" Then she thought for a moment and (clearly not wanting to leave her other loved ones out of the picture) [...]
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Image credit: Photo by Duo de Hale on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons When I found out about my husband's sex addiction, I spent weeks ripping every last Who and Where and What and How Often out of him. While he was at work, I'd make lists of questions and then keep him up late [...]
My Vote
Image credit: Photo bymacwagen on FlickrLicensed under Creative Commons It's the day of elections here in the U.S., and I'm ready to vote as soon as the kids get home from school. Mark thinks I'm crazy, but I'm taking the two of them with me to the polls. He shook his head this morning and [...]
No We Can’t
This is cross-posted at Two Women Blogging. Photo credit:Photo by tgbusill Four years ago, I listened to Obama speak at the Democratic Convention. I listened to him say there were no red states or blue states, just the United States, and I wanted to sing for joy. Here was someone who was speaking my truth. [...]
Sticking It to the Man
My friend Velvet Verbosity, inspired in part by a recent NY Times op-ed piece, is organizing a campaign over at the Point to launch a boycott against the Goodyear Tire Company. It's her goal to sign up 10,000 boycotters by Mother's Day. Why? A little background for you: Goodyear employed a woman named Lilly Ledbetter [...]
Laughing, in a Spiritual Way
Photo credit: Photo bylightmatter on Flickr If you have ever been at a Billy Joel concert, you may have seen me. I'd have been the one belting out the lyrics to "Only the Good Die Young" with much intensity and gusto, reaching a feverish crescendo at the line "I'd rather laugh with the sinners than [...]
Points of View (a Prologue)
Photo credit: Photo by QwirkSilver on Flickr After the 2004 US presidential election, I was shocked and depressed. (Now, whether you agree with my politics or not, stay with me. As with so many things with me, it will all come back around.) I couldn't believe that after all of George W. Bush's dumbassery, after [...]
A Letter to 13-Year-Old Me
A few months back, Guilty Secret wrote a letter to her past self. I thought this was a great idea and always meant to steal it from her. Then I saw that R.E.H. at Ramblings of a Madman was participating in a meme where you write a letter to your 13-year-old self. So, I thought, [...]
My Toolbox
Shawn at Letters to my Daughters is sponsoring a group writing project. Because I love Shawn and her blog and the topic she picked, and because I missed her last group writing project, I am all over this one. In a recent post on lessons I've learned in recovery, I mentioned that I now have [...]
Autism and Vaccines: A Little Scientific Background
I have hesitated so far to post my thoughts on autism and vaccines because there are so many autism bloggers out there who already do an admirable job on this subject. However, I want to blog about a recent incident in my own life, in which I overheard yet another conversation about autism and vaccines, [...]
