March 2015 archive

It’s Never Too Early to Teach Our Children Not to Hate

One lovely spring day my then six and eight year old sons were playing with children we knew when they came racing in the house to tell me that something “really bad” had happened.  As a mom of boys most “really bad” things in my nice-suburban-gated-community can be handled with a benevolent smile, an airing of […] Read more…

Working Moms to Lawmakers: Stop Screwing With Public Schools

I freaking love my children’s school.  As a working mom living within a tight personal budget I am so grateful that I have an amazing public school run by an exceptional principal, a PTO that works their butts off to keep things like the library open and the lights on, and a cadre of volunteers […] Read more…

So This is What it Feels Like to Lose Your Mind

I’ve been feeling as if I’ve been losing my mind lately.  And not in the awesome late eighties Prince “let’s go crazy” kind if way but the Julianne Moore “Still Alice” scary version.  I went to see my doctor about this a year or so ago.  Because not only am I losing my mind but […] Read more…