Before I tell you the following story, I’ll cut to the chase: Roger is OK. “Roger? Who’s Roger? Isn’t Lori’s husband named Rob?” you may be asking yourself. I’m going to …

A mad-mom entry from two summers ago.
So the sane me is sitting at my kitchen table, keeping an eye on the kids in the backyard while I work at the laptop. I am making over …

I have loved Tessa from the the moment I knew of her existence, but the lovin’ wasn’t proven until she was about 3 months old.
My husband Rob had a conference in Costa Rica one summer, …

CONTEST CLOSED. Random.org chose #8, #1 and #4 as the three winners of the Float Tank experience through A New Spirit Wellness Center & Spa. JoAnn, Eileen and T, please contact Lori for information …

No Barbie dolls — check.
No disparaging of my own body — check.
Frequent reminders that what’s inside matter more than what’s outside — check.
Daughter without self-esteem issues — out of checks.

I naively thought, when my daughter …

Here’s the way I saw the social universe during junior high and high school:
Top rung: Football and basketball players; cheerleaders/pompon girls
2nd rung: Other jocks; friends of jocks and cheerleaders
3rd rung: Cowboys
4th rung: …

I was her first. She and my dad had waited nearly 4 years after getting married for my arrival.
Mom and Dad both had a strange sense of humor, as evidenced by the names they came …