When my daughter told me she was using cabbage leaves to dry up her breast milk, I thought postpartum depression had struck and she’d lost her mind. We were in the produce department when she felt up six cabbage heads, looking for the largest leaves. She carefully placed them in the cart. “How do you…
The String On a Pork Roast Is Not Meant For Tubal Ligation
Moms, if you are ready to tie your own tubes with a string from the pork roast, please read this article. There are many things about being a parent that I learned twenty years too late. When you’re in the trenches of motherhood, you do your absolute best to raise the little darling. You know…
The Hula Hoop Method
“A Hula Hoop as a healthy mind tool?” I asked. At Toastmasters last week during Table Topics, the question was asked, “What is the best advice you ever received?” Table Topics is designed to teach us how to answer a question, off the cuff, calmly. We give a one to two minute response and eventually…
Priceless
I really couldn’t afford to spend $500 on a flight, but it was the right thing to do. My mom’s last living sister, Helen, is in her late 80’s. Her daughter Chris is 52 and was born with Down’s Syndrome. I remember when Chris was christened. I was eight years old. I peeked at her…