The Mother's Blog (2)

In the beginning....

The gods were women. There are still vestiges of this in our modern culture. "Mother Earth." "Mother Nature." Mankind was so awed by the magical ability of the Earth to bring forth life every spring that they made her a god. Most ancient origin myths, e… Continue

Yesterday, I found myself in the unenviable position of asking my teenage son, affectionately nicknamed "The Grouch," to help me out. This isn't something I do lightly. There's a reason we call him the Grouch. Unfortunately, with my husband out of town and kids strewn everywhere, I really needed that second driver. Even more unfortunately, the kid I needed him to pick up was his nemesis, the next-younger, the Goth. (The Goth is a good kid. He just dresses funny. It drives the Grouch crazy, es… Continue