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Solo Mother

May 10th, 2008

count down to Mother’s Day… T minus 10 hours and counting…

My kid has something up his sleeve for Mother’s Day. He and my mom have been making me a present for the past two weeks, more or less, and he comes home messy and painted and grinning ear to ear. He hasn’t even told me what the present is, which is a first for Mr. […]

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October 7th, 2007

kid wants cat and vice versa

I feel like a line from Rocky Horror tonight:
Dr. Everett Scott: We’ve got to get out of this trap! Before this… decadence… saps our wills. I’ve got to be strong, und try to… hang on! Or else, my mind may well *snap*! Und my life… will be lived…
[singing]
for ze *thrills*…
I don’t know how […]

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September 30th, 2007

Sunday’s smile

Tonight, I helped my parents throw a dinner party in honor of a local theater’s thirtieth year. I ended up working it. Worked my butt off. But my folks were so happy, it was worth it. I love to help, and the way my weeks have been going lately, I really needed a couple of […]

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September 22nd, 2007

the magic of movies

There’s this hip, nondenominational, warmfuzzy church in my town that puts on such family favorites as the Easter Eggstravaganza and a Mother’s Day luncheon that makes moms smile. They aren’t marketing Jesus. They don’t mention God. They just promote family and happiness and make memories in my neighborhood. I heart them.
Last night, the King […]

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December 18th, 2006

Back off. Butt out. Not your divorce.

Maybe I can say this because I’m not a rabid Beatles fan — I was caught between Kiss and the Who when I was coming of age, thank you very much. (What that says about me, I’m not quite sure…) But the vitriol being spouted about celebrities as they gear up to split up is […]

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