Parenting

Time Magazine Cover: What’s the Real Controversy?

May 10, 2012

My friend Jamie Lynne from I Am Not The Babysitter is the mom on this week’s cover of Time Magazine the cutie breastfeeding is her son. The internet lit up like a damn Christmas tree when the image was released. Some were lamenting that Aram was too old.  Sherri Shepherd (who I love) went too [...]

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Does Heaven Have Free Wi-Fi

January 13, 2012

I sure hope so. I would hate to think mom isn’t receiving my emails.

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Being a Dad Doesn’t Emasculate You But Being a Dick Does

November 5, 2011

A few weeks ago there was talk on the talk show circuit that men were found to have less testosterone after their children were born. How ridiculous is that? I am too lazy to go and find the study or to give you facts (or what they are claiming are facts) because I refuse to [...]

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A Room With a View

June 8, 2011

I can organize you, your home, your business.  I can make your office run more effectively and efficiently than you ever imagines. But what I can’t do, is clean my bedroom. I used to do a fairly thorough cleaning and rearranging once a year.  I would only do it for one reason – Mom was [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day

May 8, 2011

It is no secret how much I miss my mom. But as much as I miss her I am thankful for what she has given me. It is because of her that I have the relationship with my sisters that I do.  Because of the relationship she had with hers.  She and they set the [...]

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Turkey Lurky

January 14, 2011

Today is De-lurking Day! Aka “Won’t you leave me a comment today of all days?” I have some fun things coming up in the next few days, weeks, months. There will be another giveaway from The UPS Store soon (very soon), a recipe for my mom’s famous bbq sauce but switching up her ingredients just [...]

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Bama

January 5, 2011

Image by adriennevh via Flickr The other night at dinner Caitlyn was facing the wall with pictures and started talking about the picture of the 4 generations we took one year when my mom was visiting. She asked me if my mom had died and I said yes, she talked about what a nice picture [...]

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A Roast of Dad of Divas

December 21, 2010

Dad of Divas, aka Chris Lewis tells you this about himself: I am a dad who works in Higher Education Administration by day and by night a dad to two girls (divas). I was born in Michigan and after some moving around the Midwest due to working for several colleges and universities, I am back [...]

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Good Old Days

July 29, 2010

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Ramblers Way. All opinions are 100% mine. Image by adriennevh via Flickr I didn’t grow up in a small town, I grew up in Southwest Detroit.  Right near Vernor Highway and Springwells.  Five miles from downtown Detroit.  Three blocks from the major thoroughfare, with [...]

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The Moment I knew

July 8, 2010

It was February 7, 1986, the day before my 18th birthday, I had spent the night at my brother’s house and his wife had just come home from working the overnight shift at the local drug store.  We sat around and chatted for a while while I ate breakfast and she had her coffee.  Suddenly [...]

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