Once upon a better time, the 1970s, there was a terrifying plague threatening all the land. Staten Island. Also Brooklyn. Maybe other places but the extent of this fairy tale is limited to the scope of a very limited narrator. The narrator was a third grade student, whose flat world was limited to the farContinue reading “Pox Party!”
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It’s a Girl! Oops. Nope. It’s a Boy!
If you are a mother of only boys, this is not something you ever want to hear from your OB/GYN after delivering your baby. Did he say “It’s a girl?” – This was what I asked my husband in the recovery room. I must have had temporary amnesia after the delivery, probably brought on byContinue reading “It’s a Girl! Oops. Nope. It’s a Boy!”
Stupid Sh*t I Was Told
I was told to be good. I was told to be pretty. I was told looks don’t count. I was told to have long hair. I was told to have straight hair. I was told to have curls. I was told to have bangs. I was told bobby pins would hold back the bangs whileContinue reading “Stupid Sh*t I Was Told”
