Jekyll and Hyde

This year for Halloween, I fell into my annual routine of trying to find last-minute costumes for my children and a half-baked one for myself — as I vowed to start looking earlier for one next year.…

How Much Does Sperm Cost?

It started out innocently enough. Tired of watching the same garish cartoons over and over with my children, I thought, “Let me get a movie we could all enjoy.”

It hit me. “Look Who’s Talking?” A classic. You know…

Our first day of school…

I never thought I would be that mother. The one who blubbers and voice choking, as she drops off her kid for the first day of school.

But, alas. We often become the one thing we swear…

That’s Gay!

One night as I as I was making dinner, my 6-year-old daughter Skye was coloring at her table in the kitchen nook, which has subsequently been converted to the kids’ art area. As I was mincing garlic,…

Graduations, Markers and Crap

Graduations, Markers and Crap

It’s graduation time and last month was full of them! My 3-year-old daughter had a “moving up” ceremony, from day care to preschool. My 6-year-old just completed kindergarten, and perhaps most monumental, my stepson graduated from high school! Needless to…