As 2009 draws to a close, I’m just as susceptible to year-end Top 10 lists as the next pop culture junkie. I’m also fond of New Year’s Resolutions, so I’ve combined the two to bring you… 10 for 2010: Co-Parenting Resolutions for the New Year! Drawing from the headlines of celebrity co-parenting “don’t’s”, the experiences [...]
I’m late with this, but only recently did I find out that the piece below would not be running as a guest-post at Psychology Today after all. Some sort of bureaucratic misunderstanding, but I still thank Meredith Resnick for the invitation. As Christmas approaches, my daughters and I have been revisiting treasured picture books that [...]
So I went to El Ex’s house early yesterday evening with gifts, pug puppies (food, wee-wee pads, deodorizer, treats), and the makings of my crab dip in tow. Since we split up nearly 5 years ago, it’s been our custom to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas Day together with our daughters. Now that we’ve both [...]
Getting married is nothing; it is assuming the responsibility of marriage that counts.—Haitian proverb Like hopefully anyone who remarries, TechBoo and I are very conscious of “doing it better” the second time around. So the above proverb from Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbs really resonates. Over on Co-Parenting101.or, we’re giving away a copy of [...]
Getting married is nothing; it is assuming the responsibility of marriage that counts.—Haitian proverb Like hopefully anyone who remarries, TechBoo and I are very conscious of “doing it better” the second time around. So the above proverb from Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbs really resonates. Over on Co-Parenting101.or, we’re giving away a copy of [...]
…being on the phone with TechBoo as he and my future bonus-daughters sing “This Christmas” and various and sundry songs by New Edition. Bonus-Daughter #2 does a nice rendition of this: And the evening’s finale? TechBoo serenading me with this: But wait…Bonus Daughter #2 is back…with this: And she hit every note! But of course [...]
Your Hands “I’m writing a poem in my head right now,” I tell you this morning as you brace me and embrace me to make love. “A poem about your hands,” I whisper, “About what they are doing… …right now. And what they did yesterday, and how your hands tell my body’s story, how your [...]
So tomorrow night, TechBoo and I get to celebrate another first together: Our first Chanukah party. What to bring? I’m leaning towards a bottle of wine and the jelly doughnuts (which, coincidentally, will come from the new kosher Dunkin’ Donuts that recently opened up nearby). Saturday night, the celebrating continues with a birthday slumber party [...]
So tomorrow night, TechBoo and I get to celebrate another first together: Our first Chanukah party. What to bring? I’m leaning towards a bottle of wine and the jelly doughnuts (which, coincidentally, will come from the new kosher Dunkin’ Donuts that recently opened up nearby). Saturday night, the celebrating continues with a birthday slumber party [...]
Props to my Techboo, my best friend, for remembering the anniversary of when we first met, 3 years ago. I forgot, but let me make it up to you, dear: