...I have two children who have NEVER been to day care. They are 10 and 7. Even though there was a period of time when my husband was laid off from work when my children were young, and I had to go back to work, we have always thought it best to raise our own children... More >>

...On a recent trip to Epcot for a quick respite from my work, we found ourselves being chastised for having an opinion about the way we were treated by a minor. Let me explain... More >>

While having lunch with my 4 year old daughter, we were listening to your "call of the day," about a lady living with her boyfriend and basically being his nanny, with no promise of marriage. More >>

I had a Dr Laura moment, and the guts to blog about it because of you: Reach for Those Stars? (AKA Shame on You Seventeen Magazine) More >>

I raised my kids in a home with a man, who for 17 years kept us in fear. He wouldn't allow me to have any friends at all, nor even go with my mom to lunch for fear I would tell someone about our lives. More >>

Last night I turned on the TV to see the pilot of the new show "Whitney" on NBC. Some of the previews showed it would be perhaps a perkier Mary Tyler Moore type. But the first scene showed Whitney and her boyfriend naked in the shower. I quickly flipped to another station. More >>

"I'm tired." "I'm exhausted" "I need to tuck our daughter into bed" "I need to change the baby's diaper"... For too many weeks now, these have been my reasons, no wait, excuses, for not wanting to make love with my husband. More >>

I'd go back in time and have a re-do of some of the mistakes I had made.

I would have been involved in sports, instead of guys.

I would have made guys work for it, not given it away freely... More >>

...I'm a proud warrior's wife. My husband has been in the Navy for 18 years. I've been with him for 10+ years, and of those, we've been apart for 6+ years. Over the years, I have had lots of stupid comments from non-military people....

 

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We had just moved to a new town and had gotten acquainted with a couple whom I thought we would befriend. We seemed to have things in common and to be like-minded.

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