You probably don’t know this, but you almost took me out this afternoon. in Your passenger-side mirror was one inch from my driver-side mirror. Yes, I was in my own lane. You, my dear, were not. I understand that sometimes we drift, and get it back together after a near-miss. Sometimes an animal runs across …
That moment when your little girl becomes a woman – and you want to run screaming from the room. Teri Biebel lived it when her daughter bought a dress for homecoming. Read more from Teri on her blog, Snarkfest. I love 17. I truly do. And I trust her to make good choices …
This post is brought to you by a recent Facebook status update where I mentioned that I was taking my teenage son driving. To follow-up, my son and I didn’t end up driving that day because of the weather. To be perfectly honest, I felt relieved. Then I felt guilty for feeling relieved. (Why? Because …
It takes a big vocabulary and an even bigger sense of humor for Claudia Schmidt to ignore her son’s messy room. Read more from Claudia on her blog, My Left Breast. Ah, to be a 16 year old boy. My son dislikes cleaning his room, and in fact seems to prefer to live amidst a …
Lately my teens have taken to swearing when they think I’m not within hearing distance. Common fact among mothers: One of the symptoms of motherhood is that all senses (including our sense of guilt) become bionic. It’s why many people often refer to mothers as “demi-gods”. (Or possibly that’s just me.) So how do I …
