Author: Judy Schwartz Haley
Dear Gem – Month 1
It's hard to believe that it has been a month since you were born. I've been waiting my whole life to do what I've been doing this past month, mothering you. We had been hoping and trying to have a baby for almost five years when you were born, you are truly a miracle and [...]
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Influence
The Beautiful Like Me Project was started to discuss self-esteem and body image in today's youth. WickedStepMom, Tricia at Shout, and Amy at FiveFlowerMom - along with several other bloggers - are tackling this issue over the next few Mondays. This weeks question: “What do today’s children and teens feel pressured to imitate? Why?” "Choose [...]
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Marriage
It was a long day that followed a long night. We were both frazzled, exhausted, irritable, and in that careful, walking on eggshells, mode of interacting - trying, somewhat successfully, to avoid snapping at each other over nothing. I was on the couch working on my laptop while rocking the baby in her chair with [...]
Read MoreThe Truth About Baby Kisses
These pictures may look like sweet little innocent baby kisses but the truth is She's trying to eat me!
Read MoreI (heart) Irony
The Boston Tea Party was a protest staged in 1773 against the British Government. The colonists were protesting taxation without representation. In 2008 elections in the United States, the voter demographics more closely represented the demographics of the United States citizenship than any election in US history. Today large groups of people across the country [...]
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