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The Power of Words

A person I regard highly had a bad day this week and wrote about it on her blog (warning: language alert in link). IttyBiz – When You Feel Like A Raging Failure. As of the writing of this post, there were over 50 comments from readers offering support and...

Hot Stuff

One of my highest aspirations in life is to make people smile. Guess I’m actually making progress on that goal. I just found out I’m nominated for the Hot Stuff award over at GNM Parents. Who woulda thunk it? I’m honored! Thanks to whoever put my...

The Price of Pleasing a Boy

Isn’t very high really. There are so many things I can do: listen to him describe the next gadget he’s going to invent watch him leap off the ladder into the pool for the umpteenth time have a good stock of freezer pops at the ready wrestle him to the...