The unthinkable!
While we were in the process of getting the mirror site set up here at our new home, and I moved our entries, and prettied up the site and started getting PTB up on it’s own two feet again… My daughter did the unthinkable on August 4th. She turned 15. I’m sure you understand when […]
TXT Speak!
If your teenager is anything like mine, then you never see them without a cell phone nearby. Even if they have the ringer on silent, at some point – several points – during the day you’ll hear the steady taptaptap as another message is sent out to their friends about who they’ve seen, what they’ve […]
…ok, SRSLY?
You probably can’t tell, but I spent many years attending Christian Private Schools. We’re talking of the “memorizing complete chapters of the Bible, Southern Baptist” type school. I know, I’m the picture of purity now, so you likely figured that out, right? Right. Some rules of the school for the girls: — We were not […]
Today is the day…
…that we send all the boys screaming and hiding their eyes, or at the very least make them squirm in their seat uncomfortably. Today, we’re going to talk about periods. Peppermist: Whats a period mom? (Like she doesn’t know!) Me: The dot at the end of a sentence. (Ha take THAT!) PM: I thought that […]
Abstinence in the real world
We talk about sex a lot in our house. I’ve have two teenagers and have never been squeamish about giving detailed descriptions and scarring my kids for life. “You were conceived not as you wish to believe, through immaculate conception, but through sex. FAT PEOPLE SEX.” I’m also the one who gave all the teenagers […]
