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Absolutely Bananas
http://www.absolutelybananas.com
In January 2007 I quit my excellent career job to stay at home with my 3-year old son. Why? In pursuit of "the ideal life" - of an existence beyond the crazy madness that is so prevalent in American life. It all sounds very Zen and lovely, but reality is so much less glamorous.
- Added on: May 12th, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
Dear Santa
“Mommy, what do you REALLY want Santa to bring you for Christmas?” CJ sits up and look at me with an expression of great seriousness. “Hmm… well… I guess I don’t really know,” I say. “I’ll have to...
Vaccinate this.
In the last two weeks I have had swine flu and/or pneumonia about sixteen times. Now, when I say I “had” those things I don’t mean that I actually had them, but that I was pretty sure (100% confident) that I had them. Swine flu. And...
Alarming
It used to be that whenever Jay would travel and leave CJ and I home alone, I didn’t sleep. I heard noises and thumps and bumps and I fretted and spent night after night in a half-wakened state of terrified delirium. Until we bought the alarm. ...
The good neighbor
CJ and I are walking to the neighborhood coffee shop when out of the blue he says to me, “Mommy I cannot believe ALL THIS LITTER! How can people litter like this?” He shakes his head, horrified. “I don’t know,” I say. &#...
Mamma said there’ll be days like this
We all have deep dark secrets and I’ll confess one of mine if you don’t judge me. Sometimes I feel superior and smug. Like I’m a GOOD mom and I have my life all sorted out and my child is well behaved. Until the inevitable cosmic s...
In the heat of the moment
It starts as a glistening bead that grows to a trickle. Before I know it I have a torrential downpour of warm liquid streaming down my back between my shoulder blades. My brow is dotted with glistening sweat beads and my shirt is… well… d...
