An Ode to My New Year’s Resolution
‘Twas the week after Christmas and all through my abode, piles of paper and tissue not meant for the commode. Santa’s sleigh had been full of that there’s no [...]
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Posts by Linda Sharp
A Letter to Mattel from the Looney Bin
Dearest Mattel, I am writing to you from the padded walls of Serenity Hills, here confined after losing my mind attempting to free yet another Barbie from the wire restraints [...]
Stupid Is As Stupid Does Not
I love it when researchers make proclamations about “startling discoveries” that the rest of us have known or surmised all along. Take the one about seatbelts [...]
My Hole-y Man
I had a religious experience today. No, I did not have a vision appear unto me. Nor did some unexplained miracle take place under my roof. I did not even speak in tongues [...]
It Takes a Village (Idiot) to Raise a Child
Back in 1996, Hilary Clinton introduced us, via her book, to the African proverb “It takes a village to raise a child.” The meaning being that the whole village [...]
Splendor in the Grass?
“Honey,” hollered my husband from our deck (for the third time in as many days), “can you come look at the grass? I think it is getting greener.” And [...]
Say What? Phat Mom Gets Her Props
I have always considered it part of my responsibility as a parent to stay abreast of the current pop culture. I listen to the music my daughters enjoy, embrace their devotion [...]
A Guide to PMS for Men
It doesn’t matter whether you are a husband, friend, significant other, lover, or acquaintance. If you are a carrier of that lovely Y chromosome, you have, at some [...]