Losing My Mom–Near the End
Author’s Note: I wrote this post a couple months before my mom died. I wanted to share it now. I called my mom to check in. She was out of breath. Told me she had been lying on the deck enjoying the...
View ArticlePregnancy and Drugs–A Good Website
Just a quick follow up to my follow up (follow that?) on taking Antidepressants When Pregnant. I met a second time with this amazing Reproductive Psychiatrist from NYU. In talking to her, I explained...
View ArticleLosing My Mom: One Year Ago
A year ago today my mom died. I woke up this morning not sure how to feel. Glad she is out of her pain? Glad she is no longer a burden to me? Relieved that her tragic life ended so peacefully? And...
View ArticleLosing Justin. It Is So Unfair.
My first cousin was killed in a freak accident. Yeah, I know this isn’t a great way to start off a blog post. But I don’t know what else to do or how to write about it. He was 44. A great dad to two...
View ArticleThe Failure Hour: A Must For Every Mom
I may have come up with my most brilliant idea yet. At the end of the day, between 4:30-6, my mental state falls apart. I am exhausted from schlepping in 100-degree heat, working on my lack-of-career,...
View ArticleMilestone Monday: Birthday Cake Disaster
I failed Home-Ec in junior high. Well, didn’t fail, but I did get a D on a lot of my projects. My first week on the air as the morning anchor in Omaha, Nebraska, we had a cooking segment. My scripts...
View ArticleMy Favorite Blog Posts of 2012
It’s 2013. Time to toot my horn! Time to tell you my favorite blogs that I wrote from 2012. This, in hopes you have so much free time, you’ll dive in and read all of them! Yes, I’m starting off the...
View ArticleThe Most Common Misconceptions of Parenthood
Joe DeProspero has two sons, a wife, and is complimentary birth control for anyone who sits near him in a restaurant. His writing has been described as “outrageous,” “painfully real,” and “downright...
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