The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~Rajneesh As I read this quote I screamed “YES!! THANK YOU!” Of course I was in a doctor’s office and should have kept … [Read more...]

Every word of the following cautionary tale is true. I know so because the cautioner texted the tale to me herself. (If you cannot believe a text, you cannot believe anything.) Many of you know the texter in question. Some of you are her neighbors and may wish, after reading the … [Read more...]

Your daughter’s been asked on her first date! She’s excited, she’s nervous, she’s unsure, and she needs you…not to embarrass her! Do you remember the time your own mother, wearing acid washed jeans and leg warmers, answered the knock of the eighth-grade John Travolta-lookalike … [Read more...]

As any mother of teenage daughters can attest, their threshold of embarrassment begins at subterranean levels and goes downward from there. “Mom, really!” is their mantra and the offenses that generate that response are multitude. When I shared space with not one but two … [Read more...]