I’m Afraid of Twilight
I have never read the Twilight or 50 Shades series – not because I think they’re stupid (which from what I’ve gathered from Wikipedia and generally being alive, I do), but because I am afraid I will secretly...
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Rainbows and Genocide
‘Cuz God is a killer from the start Why you think Noah had to build his ark? – Heaven, Ice Cube Everything I ever learned in Sunday School about Noah’s Ark involved cute little animals marching up the plank...
Read MoreHow Am I Going to Send 3+ Kids to College?: Money Series Pt 1
The thought is terrifying from a monetary standpoint. In about twenty years, I will have three children in college AT THE SAME TIME. Talk about poor family planning (from a paying for college standpoint). And if I do end up...
Read MoreCreating the Family I Always Wanted
I can remember the exact moment when I decided I wanted four kids. Up until that moment, I had always assumed I’d have two kids, a girl then a boy, about four years apart. (Funny how that is exactly the order in my family....
Read MoreThe Best Advice Cosmo Ever Gave Me
Like many young women, I used to have a Cosmopolitan magazine subscription. Why, I’m no longer sure since it’s really just the same magazine every single month with a different half-naked woman on the cover. However,...
Read MoreWhy Are We So Afraid to Grow Old?
After all, people do know that the alternative to growing old is to die young, right? Personally, I’d prefer OLD, OLD, OLD to DEAD, DEAD, DEAD any day of the week. Now, of course, most people don’t object to being...
Read MoreNothing Brings Out Hulk Smash Like Bedtime
I used to think I was a reasonable person. (I’ll pause here as pretty much every one who has ever known me cackles in laughter and shakes their head sadly at my delusions – especially Hapa Papa.) I mean, I knew I had...
Read MoreWhy I No Longer Read Celebrity Gossip
As much as it is possible, I try to avoid celebrity gossip in my daily life. Which, if you’ve ever tried to do, is getting increasingly difficult. I’ll be driving along, listening to the radio or a morning show and...
Read MoreWhere Are the Characters that Look Like My Kids?
Having been forced to watch HOURS of PBS and SPROUT programming, I have found there to be a lack of diversity on many children’s programs. (I know. Amazing observation.) Also, I know I wouldn’t have ended up watching...
Read MoreNaming Babies “Ethnic” Names
You know what I find curious? Why do Asian families tend to name their kids mainstream “American” names while Indian/Pakistani (I use both because I can’t tell just by looking at a person whether or not...
Read MoreEmbarrassing Confession
As much as I would like to think I am a progressive person and would just naturally know injustice when I see it, I really don’t think that is so. Since Trayvon Martin and the Zimmerman case have been in the news recently,...
Read MoreTeaching Kids Chinese: My Non-negotiables in Parenting
Every parent has a set of non-negotiables for their kids. Some more than others. I have very few because I am ultimately, a really lazy parent. It also helps me not to have an apoplexy every time my kids don’t do something...
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