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Vicki Larson
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Can Disney revive the family sitcom?
Started Apr 6
Are moms unsung heroes?
4 Replies
Started this discussion. Last reply by Hayley Hewitt Feb 23.
Do special needs kids make marriage "impossible"?
Started Nov. 30, 2009
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Oh, the action around here!
When I was younger, I wanted to be many things — a ballerina, until I
suffered the humiliation of being the only one in the pre-performance
picture who’d forgotten to spray-paint her black ballet slippers silver;
an artist, until my parents refused…
Disney's newest TV offering "Good Luck Charlie," a live-action family sitcom, seeks to revive the time when families sat and watched TV together. I sure remember those days (and one was a Disney show, too, "The Wonderful World of Disney.") I chat wi…
When a woman becomes a Mother her life belongs to that little bundle of joy, it's not her own anymore. It's hard to describe motherhood - you have to experience it to know how fantastic it is!
I think that as with everything else in life, it is not right to lump everybody together and put a label on a large group of people. I agree with the previous post that everyone is a hero in their own ways. Some women are great mothers despite the m…
I feel that everyone is a hero in their own way. Parents just don't get enough credit for all that they do. People without children think it's all fun and games. They think it's so easy to raise children. Feed them, play with them, bathe them, dress…
A woman with children does not a hero/mother make. Yes, women are unsung heroes, but how about the women that are unable to have children? Can't they be heroes as well to their siblings, nieces and nephews and friends?
There are a good number of wo…
When touting her recent movie “Motherhood,” actress Uma Thurman lumped all of us moms — single, widowed, divorced, choice, married
and, presumably, teen — into the unsung hero category. "Motherhood is a
thing that can be terribly underappreciated. P…
When touting her recent movie “Motherhood,” actress Uma Thurman lumped all of us moms — single, widowed, divorced, choice, married
and, presumably, teen — into the unsung hero category. "Motherhood is a
thing that can be terribly underappreciated. P…
Being married to someone is hard enough; add kids to the mix and you multiply the joy — and, yes, the challenges.
Even the easiest kids add new things for a couple to argue about.
What happens if the child isn't "easy" — like a kid with special ne…
It's never easy, talking about your divorce. It's hardest telling your kids, of course, but at least there are all sorts of experts to advise you on how to do it — and how not do it.
Friends? Family? A little easier. Maybe.
But when I was going th…
It shouldn't have been so shocking to me that my former husband recently lost his job — we’re both journalists, and even if the world at large wasn’t tanking, newspapers have been. It's kind of understood that for the few of us journalists still sta…
Well, calling him a "child" and a "jack---" isn't going to do it; if he said that about you, what would you think?
You need to ask him why he doesn't want to go to the doctor; if it's money, then perhaps you need to let him know that, in this case,…
it seems weird that you dont have a car - like you are being trapped
During a trip back home this past two weeks for my dad's surgery, I realized something about my mother: she's become incredibly rigid.
There are rules about timers, and appliance plugs, and napkins, and paper towels, and washing bowls and cutting a…
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- What is your blog link?
- http://www.vickilarson.com
- What is your twitter URL?
- http://twitter.OMGchronicles
- A little about yourself...
- I'm a journalist who writes about parenting, teens, midlife, divorce, marriage, work, relationships, single moms — thus the OMG!
- What kinds of things do you typically Twitter about?
- Stories, blogs I discover that are must-reads; I also link to my new columns/blogs
- What are your areas of interest?
- mommyhood, blogging, special needs children, social media, writing
Vicki Larson's Blog
I'm tired of working; aren't you?
When I was younger, I wanted to be many things — a ballerina, until I suffered the humiliation of being the only one in the pre-performance picture who’d forgotten to spray-paint her black ballet slippers silver; an artist, until my parents refused to let me travel the subways to get to the prestigious art high school in Manhattan where I’d been accepted; an ecologist, until a year and a half into the environmental science program I realized I’d
… Continue Posted on April 20, 2010 at 5:30am —
One divorced family, one pink slip, two disasters
It shouldn't have been so shocking to me that my former husband recently lost his job — we’re both journalists, and even if the world at large wasn’t tanking, newspapers have been. It's kind of understood that for the few of us journalists still standing, it's just a matter of time.
But as I thought about how his life was going to change and what that might mean to our two teens — one starting a culinary program in the spring, another two years away from graduating high school and with plans to… Continue
But as I thought about how his life was going to change and what that might mean to our two teens — one starting a culinary program in the spring, another two years away from graduating high school and with plans to… Continue
Posted on November 18, 2009 at 8:30am —
Halloween, or Dress-Like-a-Whore Day?
It’s October, and so the Halloween decorations have taken over. So I was admiring the windows in some of the stores downtown, the pumpkins and witches and scarecrows, when I walked by the lingerie shop. Along with the lacy La Perla bras and Hanky Panky panties were some manikins wearing costumes — a French maid, a Marie Antoinette-like French getup (but with a lacy miniskirt), etc.
That’s often how we women dress on Halloween — we flaunt our sexuality, whether as a French maid or a nurse or a s… Continue
That’s often how we women dress on Halloween — we flaunt our sexuality, whether as a French maid or a nurse or a s… Continue
Posted on October 5, 2009 at 6:46am —
Why get married again?
If Elizabeth Gilbert did it again, why wouldn't all divorced/widowed women?
Marry again, that is.
The author of the best-selling memoir, "Eat, Pray, Love," eventually marries "that guy" she met in the "love" portion of the book. She details all in her about-to-be published book, "Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage."
But she marries him because she must — he's about to be deported for good.
Now, most of us don't marry a second time because of that, although I know people who’ve ma… Continue
Marry again, that is.
The author of the best-selling memoir, "Eat, Pray, Love," eventually marries "that guy" she met in the "love" portion of the book. She details all in her about-to-be published book, "Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage."
But she marries him because she must — he's about to be deported for good.
Now, most of us don't marry a second time because of that, although I know people who’ve ma… Continue
Posted on September 25, 2009 at 7:06am —
Want to be famous? Be like Levi Johnston and start blabbing
It would seem that Levi Johnston’s 15 minutes of fame would have come and gone by now. Once his would-be mother-in-law, Sarah Palin, lost her bid for vice president, you’d have expected that the somewhat hunky, hockey-playing, self-described “f-ing red neck” former boyfriend of Bristol Palin would have settled into his normal life in Wasalia, Alaska, doing whatever it is they do up there. After all, he’s not really famous for anything other than knocking up his teenage girlfriend.
I supp… Continue
I supp… Continue
Posted on September 10, 2009 at 6:30am —
Comment Wall (7 comments)
- At 6:56am on February 23, 2010,
Traci S Campbell said…
Hello, this is Traci from Chicago, IL.
Just wanted to let you know that I am giving away a free audio and transcript of my book, The C.H.A.M.P. Within. It has not released yet, but will in a few weeks. If interested, you can get this from my blog: http://blog.traciscampbell.com - I would love to get your feedback on this before I announce the book.
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- At 2:42pm on July 19, 2009,
Vhiel M.R. Vance said… - just dropping by to say a quick hello....
- At 4:55pm on July 16, 2009,
katrina said…
- welcome to this great site.
blessings from katrina cristofoli
- At 9:50am on June 8, 2009,
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- At 7:29am on June 8, 2009,
Dawn said… - PS I think you live in one of the most beautiful places on Earth. I was on vacation and passed through on my way to Muir Wood - just gorgeous!!!
- At 7:27am on June 8, 2009,
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- At 9:24am on June 7, 2009,
Grief Worthy said… - Welcome, nice to have you here. Roe
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