A Guilty Pleasure that Made Me Think

So one of my guiltiest pleasures is browsing Hollywood gossip sites. Usually I scan OMG for the picture galleries (I especially like the ‘What Were They Thinking?!‘ gallery…) and today I discovered Parade Magazine’s site. (You know the insert in the Sunday paper written for the over 60 crowd). Of course I had to read [...]

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Why My Self-esteem Doesn’t Depend on a Six Year Old

Sadie: All moms are annoying. Kids don’t want moms.
Me: Hmm. I think kids would really miss moms if they weren’t there.
Sadie: Yeah, maybe other kids don’t want moms, but I do. I just wish you didn’t always tell me what to do. It’s very annoying. How would you feel if I said to you ‘Clean [...]

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I Love You; Go Away!

It’s the usual summer stress: convincing Sadie that she DOES NOT need to be occupied every second of the live-long day. She does NOT need a friend over the minute her first friend of the day leaves. Same issue, different state. What is most frustrating to me is that I have created this world for [...]

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“Only” Guilt

So I was talking to my good friend Charlie today about mommy-guilt. She was saying that it comes with every baby. Well I feel plagued with it right now. I mean, simply PLAGUED! I have to keep telling myself that I do not have to be my child’s sister. You know, the one I haven’t [...]

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Rosie and the Crazy Lady

I have officially morphed into That Insane Mom. Sadie lost her little lovie, Rosie, the other day. It’s her sweet little white bunny that she takes EVERYWHERE with her. I thought maybe we left it at the Dr’s office. So I called the front desk and told the lady that I had an EMERGENCY. [...]

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The Theology of Bratz

Yesterday I bought Sadie Bratz sneakers.
I told myself long ago I would not pay money for any Bratz products. Sadie has known since she was conscious that I didn’t like Bratz dolls. We’ve had many a discussion about why this is: they are too grown up, they wear too much make-up, and they look like [...]

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Barbies

Every morning, the minute Sadie wakes up, she wants to play Barbies.
When I was pregnant and pious, I vowed that MY little girl would not be allowed to play Barbies. She wouldn’t wear pink, either. No child of mine would be trapped by old-fashioned oppressive stereotypes. MY child would be liberated from the ‘ideal’ body [...]

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Snow Day

Sadie has this book called “The Little Snowflake.” It shows how snowflakes have six sides and are all different. Sadie asked me if I had ever seen a ‘real’ snowflake. She was wondering if the drawings in her book were fiction or non-fiction. (New terms she learned in Kindergarten…:) I looked at her and realized [...]

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Saved from the Brink of Insanity…

So Sadie was sick and out of school all of last week. I tried to go into work once (lugging a suitcase full of entertainment for Sades: dvd player, coloring books, stencils, glittery pens, granola bars, barbies…) and why did I think I could get any work done? Oh, wait. I had forgotten. I still [...]

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(won’t you take me to) FEVERTOWN

Every Sunday I plan meals for the week, cut coupons, and make a grocery list. Every Monday morning, I drop Sadie off at school, go to work, leave there around 10:00am, head to our local WalMart Supercenter and purchase said groceries. Sadie used to go with me, and every once in a while, she realizes [...]

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