I read an interesting post about welfare over at Mommy Glow (it’s an excellent blog, by the way – please check it out). In it, she talked about welfare’s original purpose – providing benefits for war widows – and how it has evolved today.
I have never received any type of government assistance, but only because [...]
Category Archives: The big picture
doing what you can to get by
“Eww, Mommy, look at your belly!”
Do you know how many photos I took before deciding to upload this one? 42.
Click. “Hmmm, that’s too close up.”
Click. “Maybe if I turn to the side it will look better…” Click. “Ew, no that’s worse.”
Over and over and over.
42 photos. This was depressing. I couldn’t take a picture of myself and be happy with [...]
“babies having babies”
One day when my daughter was about 4 or 5 months old, my husband and I went to the drugstore to pick up stuff. You know, diapers and wipes and baby bottle brushes. Baby crap.
He ran in the store while I stayed in the car with my little one. I slid into the backseat to look at my little bundle. [...]
Do I want my daughter to be a young mom?
This post all started as a response to these: smaller condoms designed for 12-14 year old boys. The thinking was, most 12-14 year old boys do not use protection when they have sex. So let’s make condoms that fit them.
Ahem.
Is this okay? Are we just accepting now that 12-year-olds have sex? I’m having a hard [...]
follow-up to “my big news”
I have to say I was moved to tears yesterday reading your comments about my big news.
It’s very difficult for me to write this blog as just…well, me. As one person. As ONE young mother.
It’s hard to express how much I rely on you all. Without you, this blog is just a screen with words. A pretty [...]
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