Lipstick Traces

There are a few decisions in a child’s life that should be left exclusively to her parents, and not to the parents of other kids. For example, a teen’s first sip of beer or wine, telling a child that they are adopted, or informing your daughter that she is actually a robot. These are topics [...]

Another birthday; observations

On Thursday Connie turned six years old. Six years ago, Raging Mom soaked in a bathtub, intending to go in to the hospital in the morning to have labor induced for our first child. Amazingly, she went into labor that night and we made the long drive from northeast Minneapolis to downtown St. Paul. I [...]

You say it’s your birthday (nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuuuh nuh nuh)

On Saturday the boys turned four years old. Four. Years. Old. Unbelievable. All at once, it feels like it has passed in the blink of an eye, and that it has lasted an eternity. Life is a complex, tortuous path, one that winds around itself and challenges as it rewards. The fellas wanted to have [...]