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“This is where we could hide…”
My son was looking for a safe place to...
Enough.
Not another one. I whispered that to...
All about the LIKES
I have hit the age where nearly...
Necessary lesson…
"Mom! I forgot my sneakers!" I started laughing because surely she was joking. I was 100% confident that my responsible child did not...
Who’s in their life?
Within hours of publishing my blog post about R. Kelly, I received this message: "You're disgusting. How could you ever be a fan of...
Indict R. Kelly
For 25 years, my music playlist has stayed the same. Obviously, we have evolved from cassette tapes and CDs. And thankfully now I...
Sometimes life gets in the way…
After gorging myself with every imaginable sugary treat and carb discovered in the western hemisphere, I wanted to send personal...
Here we go again…
This is Jacob Anderson. And apparently Jacob has some really good lawyers. After being accused of raping, choking and leaving a...
Ohh the shaming…
I read something over the weekend that left me so confused...I didn't know whether to hit a boxing bag, drink a glass of wine or...
About this whole Rudolph thing…
“The holiday TV classic “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer” is seriously problematic.” Thanks for that tweet Huff Post (cue my eye-roll)...
Work-life balance.
"Work-life balance." I detest that phrase. Ok, maybe I'm not THAT angry about it...but I think I would prefer hearing nails...
This day.
I woke up in the middle of the night in the throws of a full-on panic attack...all because of this day. The memories of this day...
It’s on us.
A 9-year-old girl recently committed suicide...her family says she was bullied. Let that marinate for a second: a 9-year-old girl...
A tough lesson…
If there is one thing that is guaranteed in life when you are a girl it's this: there will be drama. Plenty of drama. Particularly,...
“CLEAN IT UP.”
Nothing brought me greater joy than hearing this when we checked into our hotel room over the weekend: "We have complimentary...
Give me some YULETIDE!
My name is Amanda and I listen to Christmas music on November 1st. There I said it. Actually, I turned on a little Nat King Cole at...
“The Last Time”
At the end of every day, you will always find me in the La-Z-Boy recliner. Aria is always snuggled into the nook on my left...
Devil in Disguise
"I don't know if my son is on one of his tapes or not." When she said that, I wanted to throw up. A woman called me yesterday and I...
INJUSTICE.
Injustice. Absolute injustice. I support the law...I support enforcement...but somebody needs to be called out on this one. Somebody...
Know your worth…
I'm worried that my children's skin won't be thick enough for this world we're in. I saw it all over my 10-year-old's face this...
Unsolicited advice.
I was in between meetings when I saw the giant red lights...the glorious red circles of Target. I remember seeing a meme one time...
It…will…zip…
"It...will...zip...it...will...zip...come...on....get...up...there... There. It zipped. Can I breathe? A little. Can I sit? Uh...
In that Fraternity basement…
Mad Dog. That's what I was drinking one night in college. It's not exactly what you call fine liquor but it was cheap and when you're...