Category: Family

WAHM, Bam, This Is Who I Am. (A Lyrical Gangsta. Clearly.)

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Generally speaking, I’m not a person who does *simple*. If there’s a “keep it simple” path and a “drive yourself and everyone around you nuts” path, I’m inevitably trailblazing the latter. Back in good ‘ol 2009, mere weeks before I discovered I was pregnant with Delilah, I had made the decision to freelance rather than day-job in order to support… Read more →

Just Because We CAN Photoshop Ourselves Beyond Recognition Doesn’t Mean We Should

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My Sister-In-Law, Maegan (along with a group of fine fashion bloggers) recently lent her image to the fall catalogue of a popular handbag company. But what appeared in the catalogue wasn’t quite what she expected…I got all worked up and wrote about it over on Babble — I’m going to cut to the chase: After an email exchange in which… Read more →

How Do You Know If You’re Raising An Asshole?

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{My sweet baby on her first day of pre-school-camp.} Spirited.  Spunky.  Scrappy.  Salty.  Her little personality has emerged GUNS BLAZING and if anybody had any questions about whether or not Miss Delilah George’s disposition would be as sweet as her face…IT’S NOT. Don’t get me wrong, the girl is a snuggle bug, she’s sanguine as she wants to be ~… Read more →

Some Things Just Shouldn’t Be Photographed And Posted On The Internet. (Even I have standards.)

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[First of all I have to say that today is Dee’s first full day of school/camp without me having to be there, and THIS IS FREAKING AWESOME.  I feel weird.  I feel liberated.  I feel psyched.  I don’t feel sad.  Is that wrong?  It’s hard to feel sad when kiddo is so excited to go, and we reunite reinvigorated, right?]… Read more →