Category Archives: Sick-O Central
Chicken Soup: It Does a Body Good
There’s nothing quite like an interminable week spent with my brood to remind me why I don’t homeschool. Sprinkle the aforementioned with an unmerciful bout of the flu and I’m that much surer I made the right decision. Indeed, last … Continue reading
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It Was a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
My mother warned me there’d be days like this—days during which I’d rather swallow a cheese grater than raise children. Times when I’d seriously toy with the notion of running away from it all, forsaking those who depend on me … Continue reading
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A Depraved New World: A Mother’s Rant
Horrified is the only word I can summon to accurately describe how I feel about a book that was authored solely for the purpose of facilitating pedophilia. The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child-Lover’s Code of Conduct was … Continue reading
How to Win Friends and Influence Children
Dale Carnegie might have made his New York Times bestseller even more successful had he known what I now know about motivating others—especially the mulish imps with whom I reside. He could have rocked the world with the groundbreaking information … Continue reading
Hello, Misery…Your Company is Here
Lately I feel like the overstuffed mitten in that aptly titled children’s classic, The Mitten. My world, quite literally, is falling apart at the seams and I guess I’m whining because it feels good. Little else has proven effective thus … Continue reading
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Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Spring
Thus far in the journey (i.e. the unmerciful season of sickness), my brood remains reasonably healthy; but I remember well LAST spring. Ugh. There’s nothing quite like being plagued unmercifully with an illness while the splendor of spring dances outside, … Continue reading
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