The hardest day of my life: I hadn�t been separated from Antonia and Jonah�s father for even a month when a horrible accident happened. Jonah, my three-year-old, had spilled his glass of milk all over my dining room floor about a half hour before it was time to take them to the police station, [...]

I have four children between the ages of ten and two. Three of them are fully potty-trained. What that means is that I was able to teach bright, albeit somewhat incoherent human beings, how to control their bodily waste removal function. Three times. Me. The girl who’s too lazy to wear shoes with laces.
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I hate confrontation. And I�m quite envious of those who don�t. If you�re someone who can describe the act of confrontation as �unpleasant yet do-able,� I’ve just added you to the list of people I highly regard. I stand in awe of the people who actually derive pleasure from a knock-down, drag-out argument. This is [...]