I’m fairly certain that I’ve posted a blog entry with this exact title before. Because it’s true. I’ve always been blessed with good friends, even though many times in my life I’ve nevertheless felt alone in the world. After my mom, grandmother, and dad died in 2005, which coincided with the break up of my [...]
I love it when Baby Girl and Mini-Me get to spend time with TechBoo. I get tired just watching them. So much energy and joy.
Thanks, as always, to El Ex for making this possible. Because he acts like a grown up and doesn’t disparage TechBoo (or me, for that matter) to our girls, the girls [...]
This station break from reading/review writing is brought to you by…my future stepdaughter #1. What shall I call her on this blog??? Hmm.
I got it: Li’l Mama.
So…my day started with a nice little chat with Li’l Mama. I’m still looking for a poem for her to read during our wedding ceremony. In all our giddiness, [...]
I got the Best. Valentine’s. Day. Gift. EVER.
From TechBoo, of course. He TOTALLY gets me. This is why I love this man.
I got him a bunch of cards from this hilarious collection.
And I sent this one to a few folks who I knew would appreciate it:
Well, so much for the weekend getaway with TechBoo. We had to reschedule that due to a forecast of up to 2 feet (yes, feet) of snow here in the DMV area. But thankfully, my flight arrived before Southwest (the official airline of our relationship) stopped operation in preparation for the impending snow dump.
TechBoo is [...]
Why is today made of awesome sauce, you ask? Why is it gonna be lovely?
First, this afternoon, El Ex and I are signing on the dotted line with our fabulous agent, Danielle Chiotti of Upstart Crow Literary Agency. Danielle will rep up us, shopping our co-parenting book proposal around to publishing houses. Fingers crossed for [...]
Sometimes, you need 10,000 Maniacs. Not 9,999; only 10,000 will do:
…and other times, you just need to Wonder:
Good morning, new day! Let’s do this…
If you are a regular reader of CoParenting101.org, you know that I *heart* Talibah Mbonisi, founder of WeParent.com (a resource devoted to African-American co-parents) and our co-host on “Co-Parenting Matters.” Below is an awesome cross-post from WeParent penned by Talibah in which she talks co-parenting, Spades, and playing to win. She really breaks it [...]
Since TechBoo started a new job last fall, he doesn’t have the same access to email and phone that he did in his previous job. So when he texted me to see how my meeting went this morning with the agent who is interested in the co-parenting book that El Ex and I are [...]
I have hit the motherhood trifecta. I am a mama by birth, by adoption, and, in exactly 80 days, I will become a stepmama. So, I’m thinking about stepmotherhood a lot these days, and of course, reading books by stepmoms. Books like…
First things first: Let’s clear up any misconceptions you may have [...]
