I noticed him squatting by the entryway of the library. I noticed his filthy clothes and his dirt-crusted skin. I noticed the smell that tells me he hasn’t seen the wet side of a bar of soap in a very long time. I noticed him noticing us…my children with their school uniforms and shiny smiles…the [...]
Posts from ‘September, 2008’
Don’t you wish your daughters were sassy like mine?
Does your child pick out her own clothing? Is your child often mismatched? Do you fear that people will assume YOU dressed your child this way? Do you think letting your child pick out her own clothing is helping her express her creativity? Are you kidding me? Have you see some of the outfits Peyton’s [...]
Score one for Peyton in the battle of the binky!
Accidents have led to some of the great benchmarks in science and technology. There are a lot of great things that came from complete brainfarts. Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin because he didn’t clean his equipment well enough and a culture of bacteria grew mold…I could have the cure for cancer growing in the back of [...]
Lots of Lazy Link Love
Easy like Sunday morning! So easy, I’m doing it Saturday night. In the aftermath of a birthday party, a casino-hitting girl’s night out, and a diatribe against Locks of Love that has gotten some pretty serious response, I am taking today to be L-A-Z-Y! I’m just going to hang with my kids, clean up around [...]
Locks of Love, you disappoint me greatly
Ok, fasten your seat belts because this is a letter that I’m sending RIGHT.THIS.SECOND. Dear Locks Of Love, HOW dare you? After hearing that multiple requests for wigs from your organization were rejected because you “prefer” to give your products to kids with long-term hair loss ONLY, I am not only angry, but frustrated and [...]
