Being tied down and sawed in half like a magician's assistant made holding my newborn impossible. The nurse hoisted him up to my face and our noses touched ever so slightly. Our first kiss, an Eskimo kiss. Weeks, months went by and I never thought about that "kiss," never replicated it. One ... » Learn More about Because Grace.
Family Stuff
Parenting, marriage, faith, and funny (with a few rants thrown in for good measure).
Oversharing: But I’m Bleeding
Did you wake up this morning hoping a new pal would Overshare and make you laugh and maybe wince a little? Excellent! We aim to please over here at WhenCrazyMeetsExhaustion, so feast your eyes upon your new friend Jill (aka Ms. PC). She wasn't always the sophisticated, well-mannered, air-brushed ... » Learn More about Oversharing: But I’m Bleeding
Don’t Be a Judgy Wudgy
I read an article this morning that really got under my skin. You can read the irritating piece HERE or just let me sum it up for you: Well-educated mother-of-three, Michele Weldon, has deemed a sense of humor about parenting detrimental to rearing children. In fact, she suspects that "cool moms" ... » Learn More about Don’t Be a Judgy Wudgy
Masturbation and Rap Music
Well, hello there! I've written a how-to manual for one of today's topics, masturbation or rap music. You have to get clicky to figure out which! To read the masturbation piece, click HERE To read the rap music piece, click HERE My daughter turns two today, so if you need me, I'll be ... » Learn More about Masturbation and Rap Music
Character Assassination Carousel: The Little Engine That Could.
The incredibly witty and wicked smart Ninja Mom (you may know her by her street name, Nicole) hosts this thing called the Character Assassination Carousel. In English teacher speak, it's employing the deconstructing literary theory on a text. In everyone else's terms, it's destroying the bloody hell ... » Learn More about Character Assassination Carousel: The Little Engine That Could.