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Raising decent children is backbreaking, exhausting, thankless work. I’m glad I took the time to do it. It was touch and go for a while, back when I was sitting on the front porch of my girlhood home, begging my parents to let me join the Girl Scouts. I was browsing around eBay … [Read more...]
It was the dead of winter and something about the yogurt splashed on my living room walls was depressing me, so I decided to take my two boys, Hell on Wheels and The Destroyer, out for a drag around the mall. We hadn’t been shopping since before Christmas and I was pretty sure … [Read more...]
Since the dawn of civilization, men have been waging war, traveling thousands of miles from home and leaving their beloved spouses behind for months at a time. Shortly thereafter, these mighty warriors began begging their wives (via papyrus, I suppose) to send “romantic” letters … [Read more...]
Dear Zen Mother, I am expecting my first child and can’t decide whether I should stay at home or return to work. What should I do? Diane from Amesbury - - - - - Dear Diane, You need to do what is right for you and your family. Most importantly, realize your limits as a … [Read more...]
I don’t know where people got the impression that women were the weaker sex, especially when you consider that many women today (and always) gestate, carry around a living, developing baby, go through intense labor, give birth and the next day they are nursing a baby while they … [Read more...]