Topic “Me, Myself... as Mommy.”

As a kid, I remember reading “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” and it was playing out for me on Sunday. 


Did you know that guzzling down a bottle of Tabasco with a side of egg feels like sulfuric acid and ammonia are partying in your stomach?  That will keep you flat on your back...

After seven hours of contractions, Scarlett’s heart rate disappeared.  She wrapped the cord around her neck several times, the prospect of me as her mother was too much, so she came via C-section. 


Major surgery was my worst-case scenario. In fact, during the birthing classes I bolted when they popped in the VHS of...

Blessings come in all forms.  For some, it’s surviving a deadly disease, getting pregnant after years of frustrating attempts, or tumbling into a windfall of cash just in time to avoid foreclosure.  My blessing came in the form of a cupcake shop 10 minutes from my front door.


I’ve raved about So Cupcake in Salt...

Bristol Palin is nuts.  She gets pregnant at 17.  Her high school boyfriend, named Levi, is the loving father.  They get engaged to save face for the McCain/Palin campaign after blindsiding everyone with their secret love child.  The sweet couple breaks up, acting out an episode from “As the World Turns.”...

Prologue: For those who truly want to enjoy this post … please listen to the following link as you read.  When I wrote this sucker I was watching “Love Story”; sets the right tone, I think. 


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