Uncategorized World Breastfeeding Week Is Not For Me 3 Aug 2019 WBW is in full swing and the month of breastfeeding awareness has begun. So far in just the first 4 days, I've seen support, I've seen scoffing, I've seen irritation…
Uncategorized What Would You Do? 1 May 201925 May 2019 This is going to be a really long article. It's not really even an article at all, just my thoughts as I try to work out this awful situation. If…
Uncategorized Grief Is Not Graded On A Curve 18 Oct 201818 Oct 2018 So, it's a challenge to talk about loss of any kind, but when it's the loss of our child, that challenge is even greater. So many feelings, so many expectations,…
Advocate Mom… Owning Our Choices 7 Jul 20187 Jul 2018 Mamas, I want you all to know something: No matter how accommodating you are, no matter how much research you do, no matter how often you agree with your peers…
Uncategorized Central American Families, American Crisis 21 Jun 201822 Jun 2018 I originally wrote this as a Facebook comment on my personal page, but after reading it again, I realized I was asking others to stand up and take ownership, take…
Uncategorized Not Just A Haircut 20 Jul 201716 Sep 2017 The Padawan has been asking for the last 5-6 months about cutting his hair. I told him in February, "let's wait till March". In March, he didn't ask. I asked…
Advocate Mom… Cars 3 – The Track Is For Everyone! 5 Jul 20175 Jul 2017 We saw Cars 3 on Father's Day. (**warning** Hints of plot spoilers) Now, this isn't a movie review post and I'm not going to get into the details outside this…
Advocate Mom… Six-Year-Old Shot After Being Left Alone In A Parking Lot 20 May 201720 May 2017 Oh, wait, no... that's not the headline. Sorry, THIS is the headline: "Mississippi Teens Face Murder Charge For 6-Year-Old Boy Shot In Stolen Car" By now you might have heard…
Uncategorized Reinvention is Hard When You’re Broke 19 Jan 2017 So, a season ago I posted that changes were coming to the site and to my writing style and subjects. Since then, I think I've written one article and it…
Uncategorized Just Another Rant About Child Shaming and Emotional Abuse 21 Dec 201621 Dec 2016 It's four days until Christmas but I'm not feeling very "Christmasy" today. No, it's not just my Seasonal Affective Disorder rearing it's ugly head, although... since today is the darkest…