I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: teens are God’s way of helping mothers let them go. It’s not that they are bad, it’s just that they aren’t likeable. (more…)
December 3, 2009
October 24, 2009
Odd Couples, Episode 1
Shakespeare and the Swine Flu
It seems like an odd couple, but not when you really think about it. Imagine: you are locked in your house, unable to venture out into the healthy world. Two sick kids, who tend to complain and moan much louder than you, have commandeered the TV with the DVD player. What to do?
Well, naturally, you read. (more…)
Shakespeare and the Swine Flu
It seems like an odd couple, but not when you really think about it. Imagine: you are locked in your house, unable to venture out into the healthy world. Two sick kids, who tend to complain and moan much louder than you, have commandeered the TV with the DVD player. What to do?
Well, naturally, you read. (more…)
April 28, 2009
How Lovely To Be A Woman!
Two things happened this past month that made me re-think being a woman.
One, I watched the local grammar school performance of Bye Bye Birdie.
In one song the main character, 16 year old Kim, sings “How lovely to be a Woman,” in which she glories in her burgeoning figure, the privileges of mascara and high heels and all the perceived goodies of her passage into womanhood.
It ain’t lovely, I thought. Not one bit. You’ll get tired of the constant adjustments women have to make to (more…)
