You kiss your mama with that mouth?
That was never a very effective line with me. You know how people say “well, I’ll be!” or “how about that!” Know what my mom said? “Well, fuck me runnin’!” Miss you, Mom. Have a good weekend.
Memories
Read me at the Tennessee Valley Moms Network
I have mentioned this before, but I’m going to mention it again. I am regularly writing a parenting column called Hold My Light at the Tennessee Valley Moms Network. My most recent piece, published today, is about my lawyerly ten-year-old figuring out how to rat out his little brother within the letter of the rules. … Read more
Happy Mother’s Day
I’ve not ever been one to observe negative anniversaries or other holidays, so it’s unusual for me to be a little sad on Mother’s Day. I had dinner with my mother’s widower a year to the day after she died because he called and asked me, and he was still so totaled I couldn’t really … Read more