In the words of my seven year old, “Went to see The Adventures” this weekend. We checked the rating for The Avengers, which was PG-13. Honestly we probably would have taken him anyway; he saw all three Transformer movies at the theatre. There was language that made me cringe. No form of cursing is "mild" to me when my child is watching. Thankfully Samuel Jackson refrained for using his famous four letter word. I guess then it would have had to be rated R.

I’m a…

Date: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

To whom getting pregnant, staying pregnant and having a baby was a breeze:

Please don’t pity me. Don’t give me statistics or your reason why this happened to me. You are not my doctor; please don’t tell me what my options are. Don’t tell me that at least I know I can get pregnant. It doesn’t matter how far along I was. You don’t need to know if I will try again. You don’t need to know if I am trying. Don’t keep…

The first time I ever saw my dad cry was when my brother graduated from high school.  Yeah it was emotional, but it was also a “Thank God” cry worthy kind of moment. Perhaps daddy was having a moment where he could breathe a sigh of relief.  He had raised his kids by his own trial and error and now he could coast.

After my brother's gradutuation my daddy began to loosen up. Today he is the patient grandfather who had…

Another saying for phonetic spelling is "invented" spelling.  I don't remember this learning concept from when I was in the first grade ... well that was so 1975 ago.…