You are Funny Smart Clever Kind – The Words We Use Matter

"You are funny smart clever kind". F.S.C.K.  It looks like another four letter word I'm quite fond of as well. This all started because I want my kids to know without a shadow of a doubt that they are so much more than their looks.  Their being cute. Handsome or pretty.  Because as all kids …

Thrift Store Earrings of Hope

Years ago I was SURE that I didn't want kids.  NEVER.  NEVER EVER EVER.*   I didn't have a motherly instinct. I certainly didn't want to bring another life into the world that I could screw up. I was also in a series of relationships that made me question everything about myself and wonder why …

I Saw This Family at the Dollar Store

When you troll the dollar stores for years in search of paper plates and straws and cat toys and party favors and completely inedible foods, you never even walk down the toy aisle. Except when you are looking for your nephews and then you think LET'S JUST KEEP LIKING LIGHT UP STICKS FOREVER, can we …