>I haven’t blogged much about it, but having a broken foot has been, shall we say, rough. Because two weeks later, my foot still hurts. A lot. The boot I have to wear feels like it weighs about 50 pounds by the end of the day and gives me a horrible backache. I can’t drive […]

> It’s the first of the month, which means it’s time once again for the Perfect Post Awards, a monthly award thought up by MommaK and me that allows bloggers to give some recognition to the best/funniest/most moving post they’ve read all month. There was one blogger whose posts this past month moved me more […]

“Did you hear that?” my husband whispered. “Yes!” I said, clutching my blanket tightly around my neck. It was 3am and outside the door of our inn room, footsteps could be heard stomping up and down the stairs — footsteps in a house that was empty, except for the two of us. “It must be […]

>I was fixing Baby’s lunch last week when the phone rang. “Hello?” “What up, L? Dr. Phil here.” “Hey, Doc,” I said, surprised. “Haven’t heard from you in a while.” “Not since we kicked those Pageant Moms to the curb!” Dr. Phil laughed. “Thanks for that column by the way. That’s actually what I’m calling […]

Now that the holidays are here, many of you will be taking your kids to visit Santa. Just be very sure you don’t end up foisting the tots off on one of these… This-Ain’t-the-Cure-for-a-Hangover Santa   As-Seen-On-America’s-Most-Wanted Santa   Bad-Hair-Day Santa   Someone Just-Farted-and-It-Wasn’t-Me Santa   Where-the-Heck-is-Santa Santa   PMS Santa   FML Santa   […]

>At 23, I’m invited to meet my high school friend, Cindy, for lunch. She’s engaged and wants me to meet her fiance. “This is Clyde,” she says proudly, introducing us. Clyde? Clyde?! I swallow hard and smile. “Hi, Clyde, good to meet you.” I’ve gotta give this guy the benefit of the doubt. And I […]

>”Here we go round the Mulberry bush,” I sang while getting Baby ready this morning. Happily distracted, she chimed in on the verses of “This is the way we wash our hands” and “This is the way we go to school.” The song was over. Or so I thought. “This is the way we shot […]

>If you don’t feel like arguing the pros and cons of unschooling (and somehow, the homeschooling debate got thrown in there, too), check out my post on breastfeeding at the Nashville Scene’s blog. There are some interesting comments from people who believe that breastfeeding moms are “fat, anyway” and need to stay at home, or […]

>Lately, I’ve seen unschooling pop up in the media more and more often. On the surface, unschooling seems like a ridiculous notion; basically, an unschooling parent allows her child to decide what, when and whether he or she wants to learn. If your child is into computers, for example, you might help him build his […]

> This post originally got people all riled up on the Nashville Scene blog. Photo courtesy of Paige La Grone Babcock If you were at the Nashville airport this morning, you might’ve caught a glimpse of some Nashville-area moms taking part in a national Nurse In. The protest was staged in airports across the country […]