that even though the boys are now 13 and 14 years old, I still sneak into their rooms sometimes to watch the blankets move up and down. Sometimes, if I can’t tell, I’ll place my hand on their back. Just to feel it rise and fall. I have to reassure myself that they are still [...]

Jacob went to a BBQ today. It was with his girlfriend and her parents. I met them when I dropped him off at their house. Nice folks. And little Miss M is just a cutie, with her silky, red hair and sweet little fourteen year old smile behind those braces. Oh yeah, she could be [...]

I cook and clean. That’s what I do. It’s what I’m best at. I’ve been doing it for 14 years, without stopping once. I cook and clean in my sleep. Yep. I’m a cooker and a cleaner. I realize that it’s a mother’s job and we do it with suuuuch selflessness and love we should [...]

Kaileb told me the other day that whenever he thinks of our president, he thinks of Poe. Like Poe is a dog version of President Bush and vice versa. This is President Bush: This is Poe: President Bush: Poe: Maybe the kid is on to something?

My boys are good boys. I say this, not because I’m their mother and I am one hundred percent biased in their favor, but because it’s true. I know from rotten kids. My kids aren’t rotten. They are respectful to me and other people, they rarely get in trouble and when they do it’s for [...]

Jacob did this for me… (Click for large view)

Overhead at the deli today: Woman #1: “I know! Can you believe it!? And his name was Jesus too!” Woman #2: “Well, pffth. You just would have expected more from him.” A phone call with my thirteen year old son: Helllooooooooo, Jacob! Helllllloooooooo, Mom! How’s the family? The wife? The kids? They’re woooooonderful! And the [...]

Jacob has a very eclectic taste in music. He’s only thirteen and already he’s a musical snob. He knows what he likes and hates what he doesn’t. There is no middle ground with him. Fortunately, he has very good taste in music. Of course, isn’t it ironic that I call him out as a snob [...]

My son bought a Valentine for the girl at school he likes. It did not look like this: Because that is SO second grade and he is wise and mature beyond his 12 years. Instead, what he did was, he bought a white teddy bear, so fluffy and soft, with clasped hands. Inside the clasped [...]

Right now it’s all about whether or not America is more sexist or more racist. Will it be a woman or a color that brings us down? Both are equally detestable. Neither very palatable. Not like those that are colorless, lacking in ovaries. What we know for sure is we don’t want another Republican. Not [...]