May 19, 2010

Still Nursing

“Are you still nursing?”

I get that question more frequently now. The gentle emphasis on still. The awkward pause while I remind myself to answer without a dozen defensive explanations.

My son turned 18-months-old yesterday. He’s getting lanky. His baby rolls are evening out into strange little boy limbs. He talks. He yanks on [...]

Posted In: Bitch I'll Cut You, Fretting, identity or lack thereof, Introspection, judgy mcrantipants, Moose, motherhood is weird, My Boobs, opinionated, please don't kick me off the internet, Ranting, The Internet, the worst idea for a post ever, tooting mah horn | 68 comments
May 12, 2010

go your own way

I started to write this as a comment to Liz at Mom101‘s thoughtful post this morning but it got too long and ranty so I’m sticking it here. I’m not disagreeing with her. I’m just kind of exploding with a reaction to the past few weeks on the Internet:

I resist the notion that [...]

Posted In: being opinionated, Bloggers, please don't kick me off the internet, Ranting | 5 comments
February 12, 2010

What do you stand for?

Thanks to wonderful friends and my dad’s frequent flier miles and the opportunity to volunteer my time, I’ll be attending the Mom 2.0 Summit next weekend in Houston. I’ve never been to Houston! And I haven’t flown or traveled by myself since I was 16. (I flew to Ohio in 2005 but I don’t [...]

Posted In: blogher, I'm a Consumer Whore, mom2summit, opinionated, Ranting, Remember when I used to blog about funny stuff?, singing the social media blues, unpopular opinions | Leave a comment
 
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