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“I have healthy boobies. I have healthy boobies. I have healthy boobies.” This was a mantra I silently screamed to myself last Friday during a routine mammogram. I started getting mammograms at 33 years old at the insistence of my doctor because I have fibrocystic breasts. Or as I like to describe them, “boobs that […]
Today, October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. All around the world, mothers are lighting candles in remembrance of their angels that were lost too soon. Six years ago I became one in four women to experience a miscarriage. While I may have gone on to give birth to a healthy baby boy […]
I came home from work on June 18, 2008 with 8-month-old BooBoo and 5-year-old Boy Wonder to find the door from the garage into the house ajar. “How odd,” I thought as I silently cursed my husband for failing to not only lock the door, but close it on his way to work. I unloaded […]
When I think about my sons dating, I feel like I want to hurl. Not only because of the obvious dangers of casual teenage sex, but because teenage boys are stupid. Too young to know love from lust, funny from offensive, and often, respectful from disrespectful. I also worry about their tender hearts. I know, […]
I’m a woman who knows a lot of women. I’d like to think these impressive credentials make me overwhelmingly qualified to teach my sons the truth about women. As the mom of two sons, I spend a lot of time thinking (OK, worrying) about how to prepare my sons for life outside the nest, hence […]
If you’ve shopped through your local supercenter any time since August, you’ve likely witnessed the horror of today’s children’s Halloween costumes. While I’ve woefully accepted the fact that not all Halloween costumes are intended to be adorable, I’ll never understand why costumes have become so grotesque, offensive, and utterly inappropriate. I’d say shame on today’s […]
It’s October and you know what that means, it’s time for all the thrills and chills Halloween brings! While corn mazes and pumpkin patches are great activities to get us in the mood for fall, there’s nothing quite like a scary movie to get our blood pumping and our pulses jumping just in time for […]
I have a tween. Thank you for your condolences. My son, Boy Wonder will be turning 10 years old next week, that is if he survives his attitude long enough to make it. What happened to my sweet boy who once thought my loving arms could solve anything? What happened to that little boy who […]
Make no mistake, I love me some pink. With the zest and sparkle of a 5-year-old girl I love pink (just look at my blog!). But why, oh why, did classic superhero costumes have to go all stereotypically girly and get pinkified? Little girls with enough moxie to take on a superheroine this Halloween deserve […]
Sigh, if only school prepared us for living in the real world. If quadratic equations helped us manage our finances or European history helped us choose a spouse, just imagine how good we’d be at life! Sadly, much of what we learn in school, while designed to give us a broad understanding of the world […]
The Untitled GenX Podcast
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