Hattie Belle and I have an evening just to ourselves. I surprise her with a DVD rental: Tangled. She’s seen it, but I haven’t. “OH MY GOSH. MOMMY, YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE IT,” she says in her big, bold, OMG voice. “She’s brave and strong, and the mommy doesn’t even die.” “Good,” I say. [...]
New post up at Single Mom at Work. Aw, go on. You know you want to.
New post at Single Mom at Work. I know it, for a fact.
Why, yes. Blue streak and asymmetrical bob: her 10th birthday wishes, granted. The child has been ‘tweened. A moment of silence, please, for the damp envelope in my purse, stuffed with my firstborn’s freshly shorn, shiny dark curls.
I want you to know this: A colleague wrote me this morning to ask if I’d be arguing the “pro-Prozac” side of an upcoming article about prescribing medication for children and teens. I’m not writing either side of that article. I’m not sure I could. I know the pros and cons of psych meds pretty [...]