“Romance devoid of laughter can’t last.”–Alfred Edmond, Jr., editor-in-chief of BlackEnterprise.com Such truth. I love, love, love the sound of TechBoo husband’s laugh. We laugh a lot, and we both recognize humor as a building block and resource in our relationship. We both can be very stubborn intense, and more than a few times, we’ve [...]
“I love being married. It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.” ~Rita Rudner
Hatred is the anger of the weak. – Alphonse Daudet This is just begging to be a Co-Parenting 101 Quote of the Day. So very, very true. There are few people in the world that I hate (or have hated), and in every case, I felt that way because I believed I lacked power to [...]
BabyGirl,to her preschool teacher in response to the teacher thanking her for the holiday gift: “Oh! [insert dramatic hand-wave and eye-roll] I do ALL my holiday shopping at Walgreen’s!”
“I know that Kelly* is an optimist, but optimism can be annoying in a very bad situation.” –Mini-Me, 4th grade, talking about a friend at school. *Name changed to protect the annoyingly optimistic.
“Generosity without orthodoxy is nothing, but orthodoxy without generosity is worse than nothing.” ~Hans Frei (quoted in Brian D. McLaren’s A Generous Orthodoxy )
After posting a teaser for months, the brilliant Michelle Sewell of GirlChildPress finally gave up the goods. Do I even have to mention that I am sooo submitting a story for consideration for this collection (CFS below)? In other GirlChild news, a few weekends ago, I joined Michelle and 9 other Just Like a Girl [...]
After posting a teaser for months, the brilliant Michelle Sewell of GirlChildPress finally gave up the goods. Do I even have to mention that I am sooo submitting a story for consideration for this collection (CFS below)? In other GirlChild news, a few weekends ago, I joined Michelle and 9 other Just Like a Girl [...]
“Mommy, why are Barack Obama’s lips purple?” –BabyGirl, while watching Obama’s televised message tonight
“My stomach has a headache.” –BabyGirl, feeling a little under the weather today