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Lemme Ask You Something

What do you do to calm down when you’re stressed out?

Do you eat? If so, what do you eat?
Do you go out? If so, where do you go?
Do you pamper yourself? If so, what do you do?
Do you exersize? If so, what’s your routine of choice?
Do you drink? If so, what’s your poison?
Do you lash out at others? If so, what’s your Modus Operandi?

Teen Pregnancy For Adults

The fact that I was (am?) a teen mother will come as no surprise to readers who know me in real life or who have been reading my blogs for years. That’s right: long before teen pregnancy and parenting were made trendy by such shows as 16 And Pregnant and The Secret Life of an American Teenager, I was struggling to find my way in a world that could only offer me Spike Nelson. Read more »

Teen Pregnancy From The Other Side

One of the most heartbreaking events of my life as a pregnant teen and very young mother was the loss of my friends. At a time when I needed support and understanding, I found myself alone save for one loyal friend and her mother. I find myself now in a situation altogether too similar, but I’m standing on the other side looking in. Read more »

What? She took my ADVICE?!

Last Saturday morning, I woke up and wandered, bleary-eyed and incoherent, towards the kitchen to make some coffee. It was some ungodly hour of the morning – nine o’clock maybe? Imagine my surprise to see my daughter, fully clothed and wearing her usual war paint, sitting in the living room waiting for me! Now imagine, if you will, my absolute shock upon discovering that she had made the coffee for me.

My Momdar kicked in right away – what’s this kid up to? Sure enough, it took only a moment to get to the guts of the matter. Read more »