How to Stop Housekeeping from Stealing Your Joy The hearth of our fireplace is shaped like a bench. On this six foot wide platform, most days you will find a line of laundry baskets filled with the clean clothes we wear most often. And by most days, I mean almost every day. When we put out milk and cookies…
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It has become an increasingly popular practice to vilify people. It sells newspapers and encourages clicks – all of which drives revenue. (At least it’s supposed to drive revenue. I’m looking at you ESPN with your subpar earnings killing my Disney call options quarter after quarter.) It’s easy to do it. Just plant a suggestion of impropriety and the media…
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When I was sixteen and knew everything, I had a conversation with my boyfriend about how ridiculous it was that his mother didn’t work. Sure, his dad was a doctor and they didn’t need the measly income she’d make using her teaching degree, but she’d gone to school and earned that degree. She should want to use it! Why…
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How To Transition to Stay at Home Mom When I was training to become a teacher, I had a lot of experienced teachers warn me about the difficulties I would face. One teacher told me that she once had a 7th grader put a pencil down his throat to induce vomiting so he could get out of a pre-algebra test. I…
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