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Felicia had answered so many questions, making sure to stay consistent with her responses.  She was able to act just panicked enough.  After they were able to place the central line and get Bailey hydrated, she seemed to rebound almost immediately.  The girl she'd carried into the emergency room just days earlier was sitting up, eating strawberry Jello with her little fingers and giggling...

Last week, I wrote up a list of all the things about my youngest that make me laugh.  That drive me crazy.  That he requires.  That he asks for.  That he needs.  I'll be going through the kids, one at a time, making these lists.  Today is about the oldest.  That kid who's taller than me now. Just in case I ever make good on those thinly veiled threats to run away....1)...

For the most part, I can say that the response to the post yesterday about gay marriage have been positive.  Supportive. For the most part.There is a small, but vocal group of people expressing outrage about gay marriage. Most of the people I know who oppose it do their best to respect other people.  Many of them have resigned themselves to the fact that while this may be something...

Since today is the day that the United States Supreme Court is hearing argument in the case of California's Proposition 8, I figured it was just as good a time as any to tell this story. I am a flaming liberal, an unflinching ally of the LGBT community, and will forever be so. I've had friends I knew were gay since we were small children.  I have friends who came out in the hormonal, emotional...

I spent all day today trying to get help for one of my kids. Answers. Reasons.That phase we had hoped would be outgrown someday hasn't been.  It's not just a phase, it's more than that.The first person I met with today, the psychologist.  The intro meeting, the info meeting, the warn them what they're dealing with meeting, the before the kid meets them meeting.Giving a full history for both...

It's not been a good week here, and the last few days have been bad.  Really bad.Friday was actually a pretty fantastic day, the only part of the week that I didn't hate with everything I have.My friends made me meet them for lunch. They give me a hard time pretty frequently about the fact that I rarely make public appearances.  I'm perfectly content to hole up in my house, and over the...

Felicia paced the hall of the emergency room.  She walked back and forth, back and forth seeming determined to wear ruts in the floor.Her steps were hurried but deliberate.  She had to look worried enough.So many thoughts running through her head at once.  She had to keep this story straight.  She had to keep it consistent.  She had to be distraught and real.  She was...

This kid. Man, is he entertaining. As I type this, he is simultaneously writing his letters on the worksheets I printed today (I so did not sign up for this homeschooling stuff btw), dancing, singing Katy Perry's Hot and Cold laced with lyrics from Born This Way by Gaga, and tearing apart a sticky eyeball. We've spent way too much time together lately, me and this boy.He's with me 24/7.  Save...

In the light of the Steubenville rape case, the post I wrote yesterday and what Slice of Humble wrote today, I've seen almost unanimous agreement from both men and women that this has to stop.  That we have to slam our collective foot on the brakes until we grind it into the floorboards.  That something has to give.But how?How do we change a society that lacks empathy?How do we put a stop...

1 in 4 women will be the victim of sexual assault in her life time.  Take a look around you right now.  If it's not you, it's someone you know and love.Though I'm not technically sure whether I fit the criteria since I was able to fight off my attacker and escape, I am a victim. I was 15. My attacker was a 15 year old boy.  A friend.  A good friend. Until something in him flipped...

The state which I now call home has a long and controversial history in the area of gay rights.  All the way back in the early 90's, Amendment 2 was passed, which basically prohibited the LGBT community from asserting that their orientation could be grounds for discrimination. Even all those years ago, most people knew that such a law was preposterous, as there are very real and legitimate claims...

If you're new to the hive, you should know that I am a geek.  A dork.  Goofy as hell.  I make a lot of references to geeky things, and this may have happened last Halloween.Batman, the little one in the front, is the daredevil of the family.  Tiny Evel Knievel, he is.The kid is literally afraid of nothing.  He is pretty sure that he's at least twice his actual size.  I've...