4th Grade was a tough year for me. Seriously. Sadly, it started out as THE BEST YEAR EVER! I went to catholic school and for those of you who have attended a fine parochial institution you know that any year you get a “lay teacher” (meaning not a nun) you felt pretty darned lucky. My fourth grade teacher […] Read more…
August 2014 archive
Why Ferguson Missiouri Is a Mom Issue
Ever since I gave birth to my first child I cry at anything. Anything. Those abused animal commercials accompanied by the soulful Sarah McLachlan literally have me sobbing for entire days. Once my son Jack was born I felt as if I’ve had a layer of skin removed. I feel everything and it cuts me to the […] Read more…
That Woman Is a Disaster
And by that woman I mean me. I’ve found that being a working mom is often times just like living in a movie. Because the minute you think you have it all together is right when the rug is about to be pulled out from under you – just like the misguided star of any […] Read more…
So You’re Saying My Kid Is Not Going To Be The Next Pelé?
When my oldest son was five years old he absolutely dominated on his soccer team. He was like the Michael Jordan-Tom Brady-Tiger Woods (pre-sex scandal) of elementary school age soccer. And it just tickled me. I’m not gonna lie; I had total mama-bear pride. So naturally when he made the jump up to club soccer […] Read more…