"I'd rather stay on welfare than work here." the woman with the 'blingy' jewelry and shiny car said as I tied up the garbage from the can beside her pump, dodging the stream of soda coming out of the bottom corner of the bag. "They actually make you empty all these garbage cans everyday ( Read more... )

Seriously. The next time your precious little princess throws a tantrum or demands something, gets in trouble and wants you to bail her out, instead of indulging her or allowing her to get away with such wretched behaviour, Slap her. Or lock her in her room. Make her face the consequences of her actions. Ground her, Punish her, send her to a ( Read more... )

Reading the stuff at the bottom of the page, I came across a link to a group on racial issues, and a question asked about why at a recent conference an African American had stood up and asked what was being done for the Black community and a Latina woman asked what was being done for the Hispanic community, but no one stood up and asked what was ( Read more... )

Okay, so my sister is getting married in September, and she's bummed that there are lots of wedding songs where the Mom has passed, but none about the dad. Our mom is blessedly alive, our dad died when we were young. As the unofficial poet laureate and song writer of the family, I thought I'd give it a try writing her a song. I don't have the music ( Read more... )

I had someone email me the other day, saying she thought we could be friends, then actually read my journals, and change her mind.. They weren't private, I don't know why she didn't read the journal entries before she contacted me. But I figure Hey, I'll make a list of things you should know about me so people can see them and know what I believe, ( Read more... )

The Sky is dark, the stars all shine, there's just two beats, your heart and mine. The day is done, the sun is gone, the Earth rotates, and we move on. Our days pass by, they are a whir, Some dreams die, new ones unfurl. For shining moments, all is peace, no one wants, and no one needs. All is well, and all is right, when you hold me, through out ( Read more... )

After sitting quietly and simply responding to the abortion debate that is raging here on Cafe Mom, I realized that I and many of my Pro-Choice compatriots spend more time responding to the bashing of organizations like Planned Parenthood and the act of abortion in general than we do spreading our message. I wondered if we should take a more ( Read more... )

Every day I wake up and wonder, who is going to look down on me today? Who is going to sneer at me as they see me turn into the health department, or use my WIC voucher? Who is going to assume I am worthless, no good, lazy, or taking advantage of the system? What mom at the doctors office is going to look down her nose at me when I hand over Tegrim ( Read more... )

Sunday at around three in the afternoon Tegrim demanded Mommy lay down with him for a Nap. So I did, and then Jericho came to cuddle us, and we all fell asleep together. When we woke around five, I had a funny feeling, and went to the bathroom. Nothing unusual there, but I was in the living room when I felt wet, and went to the bathroom. My water ( Read more... )

So, I recovered pretty much from my appendicitis.  Had bronchitis after that. Blah. Spent the whole next week fighting with the well and pump, finally have reliable running water. YAY! So happy. Life is doing okay. Still haven't gotten a new car as ours died the day before my appendicitis, but we're working on it. My back is currently killing me, ( Read more... )