So once again, I put pen to page (er, fingers to keyboard) to make you people feel better about your own lives.
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I saw something the other day that has really made me think ( Read more... )

As a mother, I do some things very, very well. I won't list them all here, but my children are loved and fed and clothed and they only get the occasional beating.

But among the List of Things That Carrie Does Poorly, the Tooth Fairy tops the list. You can read about that here, if you like.

Ugh. The freaking tooth fairy. UGH.

( The Tooth Fairy is lackadaisical, lazy, and may have a touch of dementia. )

Every so often, in my life, an event occurs. I don't really have any control over it, I always find it terrifying, and it normally reduces me to a puddle of quivering sobs ( Read more... )

After hearing my horrific adult story for the first time, Nolan's Aunt Virginia gave me this pamphlet this afternoon:


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If you saw the title of this blog post and belted out "...All alone in the mooooonlight!" a la Betty Buckley, then... you would be like me. Ten points. Brava ( Read more... )