A Barbie dream house for the child of a wanna-be bodybuilder. First, if you've been living not reading the news (go you!), allow me to catch you up: Barbie, ever controversial lady, has launched a new advertising campaign. The campaign focuses on Barbie being #unapologetic about who she is, how she looks and the kerfuffle she's consistently created. (It partners with Sports Illustrated ... Continue Reading
What does BRAZEN mean?
Back in graduate school (shout-out to you Masters in Counseling Psych I'm not using!) in order to be certified to *lead* counseling groups we had to participate in group sessions. It was then I realized (the super obvious notion of) even helpers need help. Even mentors need to be mentees. Even coaches need *coaches.* Flash forward 20+ years and, when I hit a ok. so I know what I'm ... Continue Reading
Should we blog about our kids?
I've blogged though the Tornado's entire life. I blogged before her (2001. We didn't have a name for what we were doing.) and, while I imagine it will be called something else, I'll blog long after she's moved out of the house. My first blogging gig was paid and had nary a reference to anything familial. I was hired by a website (Muscle Journal) to post solely about my workouts. Type. ... Continue Reading
How could I love you better?
The other morning was the worst ever. Worst morning since I became a mother and, Id venture to say, worst for the Tornado *ever-ever.* It's unimportant what sparked it (take tired, cross with having just done the new dog thing all too recently, slather solo parenting on top and you've an inkling)--it just felt yucky and wasn't how either of us strive to behave/live. I dropped the Tornado ... Continue Reading
My FAT to FIT fabrication.
This post was inspired by Mel's 15 minute Before/After shoot. Bcause I'm a misfit mine is more a 30 second Before/After snapshot. You'll have that... If you read fitness blogs with any regularity then you're familiar with Before & After photos. Some display shocking weight-loss transformations. Others are more subtle, yet no less amazing in the hard work required. If you've ... Continue Reading
Travels with Charming.
I was a quirky child. For most of you this will come as no great surprise. Sure, I tried to mask it cover it with hairspray & sequins: but down deep inside this was who I *really* was: While friends giggled about nights hidden under the covers reading Sweet Valley High or Flowers in the Attic----I spent my nights with an older man. A John Steinbeck man. Grapes of ... Continue Reading
A day ON not a day OFF.
Service is the rent we pay for living. -- Marian Wright Edelman. Wherever you live. Whether you have the day off today or not. Join the Tornado and me in "paying some rent." As Dr. King said: Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others? Lets join together and make today a day when we each have an answer to offer. comments ... Continue Reading
I am Carla Birnberg.
Years ago I took a writing course from the amazing Sarah Dessen. "Before we start," Sarah said. "I want to share a story." In unison we snatched our pens and poised them over paper. "Nothing you need to write down," she laughed. "Just an explanation why I'm tired today. I call it biscuiting." (pens poised. *crickets* from the room.) "In the South, women bring homemade ... Continue Reading
17 years ago in the basement of a jail…
subtitle: this is such a life-minutiae post there isnt disclaimer large or verbose enough. you'll have that. I never really thought Id get married. Actually strike that. I had such a poor track-record of not wanting to hurt people's feelings I always envisioned myself proposed to, saying YES! (while never intending to follow through), and ending up stuck. And married. I wasnt the ... Continue Reading
If one woman told the truth…
Muriel Rukeyser's quote has been on my mind. It's rattled around my head as Ive read posts & articles about FAKEBOOKing and artfully arranged Instagram photos designed to create a veneer of perfection which will elicit envy from others. I don't wholly agree with the assertion these writings are intended to make others covet perfect lives---often, I believe, they're manufactured as much for ... Continue Reading
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