Ranting Mommy on August 12th, 2010

I am not writing this post because my questions are unique. Hardly. In fact, maybe I write about them here because they are universal. I don't know. But I write nevertheless. You tell me if they are universal.
The tug between the duties of parenthood, wifedom (sort of like fiefdom, one can guess?), and personhood seem [...]

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Ranting Mommy on July 30th, 2010

The lovely blogger Transatlantic Blonde has started a new meme called the Friday Feminist Mom Roundup. I found out about this opportunity quite by accident, but in the way I find out A LOT of news … through Twitter.  The idea instantly appealed to me because 1) I feel pretty strongly about feminism, 2) I [...]

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Ranting Mommy on June 21st, 2010

Oh yeah …hiya! Long time, no blog. Yep. Not that I haven't thought of you, dear blog, I just haven't wanted you lately. Don't take it personally … I can be flaky like that sometimes.
On to the next topic (see?  Flaky)
Father's Day is always a little bittersweet for me now. As you may know, I [...]

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Ranting Mommy on March 23rd, 2010

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An historic moment in our history occurred on Sunday evening. We decided that, as a nation, we were going to actually care for the health of all of our citizens. *GASP*. This issue was a major part of the platform that President Obama ran on. It was a rallying cry for many [...]

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Ranting Mommy on March 20th, 2010

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Eight years ago, I woke up to a beautiful, tropical day in the U.S. Virgin Islands. I was visiting the family that would eventually become my in-laws. I had just spent a grand weekend meeting my then-boyfriend's family for the first time. We were scheduled to return stateside that Monday. [...]

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Ranting Mommy on March 14th, 2010

I don't talk much about my spiritual beliefs here. Not because I don't have any. Not because I am ashamed. Not because I am secretly the next Messiah inhabiting an old mom's tired body.
Mostly, it is because it is personal to me. But today I was quite moved by my time in church. I won't [...]

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Ranting Mommy on March 13th, 2010

 
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Soooooooo. What a morning I had.
My husband signed up little man for swimming lessons. Since he works during the week, he decided to sign up for Saturday morning classes so he could have daddy/son time. Cute, huh?
Then, he promptly went out of town just in time to miss the [...]

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Ranting Mommy on March 12th, 2010

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How is that for a creative title? I sat here staring at this computer waiting for the genius to hit me. It didn't. 
That got me thinking … if I'm struggling to write/blog, why am I fighting it? Well, two schools of thought. One says that if I want to continue to [...]

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Ranting Mommy on March 11th, 2010

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Over at GTT, the topic today is "$10 & dinner needs to get on the table" and you all will be mad at my choice here. That's okay. I forgive you in advance.
 
See here's my plan:

Drop my kids at in-laws. She can feed them, for free (at least free for me).
Take [...]

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Ranting Mommy on March 8th, 2010

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So I have been REALLY sucking at being .. you know … an actual blogger who actually writes on her actual blog. It's a combination of several things, none of which I shall bore you with here.
However, I am making this public proclamation:
 
I will blog every day for one week. Every [...]

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