Category: family life

• The Folly of Perception

  

  I’ve been on the outside looking in since I was a little kid. Failing to assimilate, I worked at cultivating unique and different. After achieving this coveted perception, I no longer wish to possess it. Unique often translates into strange. And as the mother of a 10 and an 8 year old, I do not […]

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  September 21, 2022

  children, Family, family life, K-12, Kids, love, Middle School, parenting, parents, raising kids, Tween

  momlife, parenting

• On Being Cool

  

  Had a meltdown on my tween son when he asked, yet again, for an iPad at breakfast this morning. Before the iPad he wanted a laptop. He’d insisted he needed my old HP the moment I purchased my Toshiba, though he could give no reason why he had to have it, since he had a powerful PC […]

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  March 16, 2022

  children, Family, family life, Middle School, moms, parenting, parents, raising kids, Teen, Tween

  Apple, cool, dadlife, gamer, hip, ios, ipad, iphone, laptops, momlife, mompreneur, moms, raising teens, raising tweens, single mom, streamer, trending, trendy

• Boy Scouts of Faith-Based America

  

  On the short ride home from his Boy Scout meeting, my 11 yr old son was quiet and sullen. I asked him what was up. Had anything happened at the meeting that he wanted to talk about? I saw him looking at me from my rear view mirror, gauging how to tell me disappointing news. […]

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  March 15, 2022

  atheism, atheists, christians, dads, Family, family life, jews, K-12, Kids, Middle School, moms, parenting, parents, politics, psychology, racism, Religion, republicans

  agnostic, boy scouts, christianity, christians, conservatives, faith, god, godless, jewish, muslim, non-believers, racists

• Parental ADHD

  

  My husband’s sister has two children. Her oldest, 15, was diagnosed with ADD when he was 9, and has been on Ritalin since. He’s failing out of the private high school he attends in Manhattan. He lies, cheats, and steals when it suits him. He is volatile (way beyond normal teenage angst), and often violent […]

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  March 10, 2022

  ADHD, Family, family life, moms, parenting, parents

  ADD, Addiction, ADHD, dad jokes, dad life, mom life, mom’s over 40, moms, motherhood, new mom, newborn, older moms, women’s read

• The Difference Between Men and Women

  

  I’m a guy’s girl, meaning I’ve spent most of my life hanging out with men instead of women. Like the freight train comin at ya, I prefer men’s straightforward nature, their directness, their unwavering, solution-oriented trajectory. Men are simpler than women. Not less intelligent, just not round-about, underneath, from behind. Women, by contrast, are the […]

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  August 24, 2018

  Busiess, careers, Family, family life, Kids, parenting, parents, politics, psychology, science, sexism, Silicon Valley, Teen, Tween, Uncategorized

  dadlife, men, momlife, new mom, parenting, real news, sex, sexuality, truth, women

• Making a Difference

  Typically on Sunday mornings my husband and I share articles from the New York Times. He’ll often read me pieces while I prepare breakfast or visa versa, and we’ll discuss the ones that pique our interest. The year end edition of the Sunday Magazine runs detailed obituaries on a handful of famous and infamous people […]

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  January 1, 2018

  dads, Dating, Emapthic, Family, family life, indie authors, Indie-publishers, Kids, litchat, Los Angeles, NEW YEARS, parenting, parents, relationships, teachers, Uncategorized

  new york times, new york times magazine, the lives they lead

• Gift Yourself a “GREAT READ!”

  Literary Romantic Suspense REVERB is now on #iTUNES! #Romance, like none you’ve read. “GLUED! HOOKED! CAPTIVATED! RIVETED!” #Gift yourself a “GREAT READ!” this #holiday season: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/reverb/id596674195?mt=11 … #lsm #eartg #rrbc #rpbp

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  December 21, 2017

  Authors, avid readers, Book Review, bsdm, Contemporary Fiction, Dating, depression, ebook, Edgy Chicklit, Emerging Authors, Emotional Intelligence, emotional sponge, Erotica, Family, family life, guitarists, indie authors, Indie-Press, Indie-publishers, kindle, lonely, musicians, New Release, parenting, parents, psychological thriller, rock star romance, rock stars, Romance, Romantic Read, Romantic Suspense, thriller, Women’s Fiction, Women’s Fiction

• Fitting In

  

  Ever been sitting with a group of people, you may, or may not know, and everyone is talking amicably, and you’re sitting there listening, and you feel like an alien? Not a foreign national among a group of natives. More like you’re from another planet. Or they are. I’ve known I was different for most […]

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  July 7, 2017

  Family, family life, Health, indie authors, lonely, lonliness, parenting, parents, relationships, Teen, Uncategorized

  friends, friendship, lovers, social media

• Wanta Know What LOVE is?…

  What LOVE, the real thing (NOT theory, or just the word) actually IS: https://midlifemomscafe.wordpress.com/2016/09/12/love-defined/ #momlife #parenting #aga3 #t4us #SundayReads

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  May 21, 2017

  dads, education, educators, Family, family life, parenting, parents, relationships, teachers, Uncategorized

  dads, mom life, mom’s over 40, parenting