For some people the word “YOLO” (You Only Live Once) sums up their 2012. For this mom, two buzz words sum up my 2012: vaginas, and politics. Well, so there you have it. (-: 10. “I can’t sleep because I’m afraid there might be another Ice Age.” 9. “That 3 minutes in the car listening [...]

A Belle A Bean and A Chicago Dog is having a link-up called “I Was a Senior Hottie” – where Mom bloggers are posting links to their senior portraits (even if they weren’t hotties).

Yesterday I ventured out of the suburban cocoon of Marin, crossed the Golden Gate bridge, and went deep into the gritty part of the Mission to visit my healer (that sounds so Californian, doesn’t it? She’s a breath-worker. I’ll write about that flakey-sounding stuff in another post). As a member of the Over-Protective Suburban Moms [...]

Make sure you spend six being as sixish as you can possibly be so when you turn seven you don’t have any regrets. —Ella’s violin teacher When I look up from whatever it is I’m doing and see her standing there in her bare feet, tie-dyed PJ’s, wild hair and Joan Crawford lips—it’s gone way [...]