Engagement rings, history and searching for answers – Part 3 of 3
In Part Three of the Engagement ring series we get into the more recent history of engagement rings and finally get to the part where I figure my shit out.…
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Engagement rings, history and searching for answers – Part 2 of 3
Part Two of the Engagement ring trilogy, examining the history of engagement rings and how diamonds got involved in this debacle. Know her? Dude, I OWN her! So, it turns…
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Engagement rings, history and searching for answers – Part 1 of 3
This is a trilogy of posts looking at the history of engagement rings and what they really mean. Getting married? Want to get married? Already married? I was. I kind…
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Are you kidding me? Why didn’t anyone tell me?
Every now and then, I get a wake up call that serves to show me that what I had always suspected is true. Sometimes it’s an accidental wake up. Other…
The Imperfect Parenting Advocate
Everyday we are all inundated with tales of perfect children being perfectly parented by pristine, perfect parents. As much as I may wish that I could claim even one of…
Open letter to Georgina-onians and passersby
Dear fellow concerned citizens, human prototypes, Georgina’onians, Keswickians, Suttonese, Pefferlawfians, and of course, our esteemed visitors (yes, I made up 60% of those labels). First, I am not perfect. In…
Suck a what? And how long have I been trapped in a minivan?
So, on Friday, Mr. K.B. took a day off work to get some things done that he has been needing to get done, and also to hang out with me…
The kids are alright. Except, no, wake up, they’re really not.
stig·ma ˈstiɡmə/ noun noun: stigma; plural noun: stigmata; plural noun: stigmas 1. a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person.”the stigma of having gone to prison…
Kid conversations. Or, Being schooled using a banana analogy
So, this conversation happened at my house tonight: 10 year-old: UGH! This banana has a HUGE bruise! Blech! *insert lots of gagging noises* 6 year-old: *insert hand gestures and adult…
Twelve months of new initiatives to save my soul and my sanity
Most of what I have blogged about so far this year are issues around personal, inner-spirit change. Mine, specifically. And this afternoon, as I was (very glamorously and fabulously) hanging…