by Raylene | Aug 27, 2011 | Adventures, Mom's Life
alternate title: Proof Positive I’m NOT a Bad Mom The day before yesterday evening my youngest son raced into the kitchen through the back door with a pool of blood in the palm of his hand, one tine of a heavy-duty staple fully embedded in the fleshy part of his...
by Raylene | May 23, 2011 | Mom's Life, OUCH
not my pantry!I wish this was my pantry!sofi73 | stock.xchngWould you like me less…if you came to my houseand discovered my pantry is (still) a mess?Would you like me less…if you stopped in for a visitand found that today (and most days) is not my...
by Raylene | May 22, 2011 | Mom's Life
rkiser | stock.xchngA man came home from work and found his three children outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard.The door of his wife’s car was open, as was the front door to...
by Raylene | May 8, 2011 | Mom's Life
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms, mums, mamas, mummies, mommies, mothers, grandmothers, grandmas, grams, nanas, omas, … and every other variation of moms and grandmas!In honor of who you are and all you do, I’d like to share a song. The song...
by Raylene | Apr 15, 2011 | Family Time Friday, Mom's Life
An article called “Why Do We Let Them Dress Like That?” from Crosswalk.com caught my attention this week. The opening paragraph really resonated with me:How do 12–13 year-old girls dress for a party? In “mini-dresses, perilously high heels, and...
by Raylene | Mar 9, 2011 | Mom's Life, weird, WeirdWednesday
Welcome to Weird Wednesdays, hosted by It’s OK to be WEIRD!Last week I started what I think will be a continuing series with Confessions of a Weird Mom: Part 1. I don’t think I’ll do it for every Weird Wednesday, but it will probably make...