This Summer has been the Summer of My Daughter’s Broken Heart. She’s experienced periodic break-ups and make-ups with her boyfriend of just under a year. He lived with us for six months, when his mom turned him out, so sometimes my feelings about the kids get a little colored by position as mother (or substitute mother) to  both of them.
At this point, however, I’m clearly all-in on the Bay side.  The kid is in agony, grieving her lost love, and sad. She started school this week and is still in constant contact with him via cell phone or the computer.
Here’s a purely selfish thought …read more

When my twins were born, I always believed I’d be a mother who could protect them. With the recent news of Jamie Lynn Spears becoming pregnant and the rumors that claim Casey Aldridge may be guilty of statutory rape, I have to admit, I’m growing concerned over my own boys as they are growing nearer the age of 16 – the age I let them begin dating.
A little quick history:
My twins were born premature and were not ready to begin Kindergarten at the ‘average’ age so I chose to hold them out and send them to preschool instead. …read more