: About Me

New Englander, mom, wife, basketcase extraorinaire .

I am not a professional writer, just someone who loves writing, sharing, and hell, living. Maybe this place will help me improve my writing and someday I will be able to make a few bucks actually doing what I love. Until then however, I am looking forward to using helium as often as possible as a way to improve my writing and to grow in general. I'll add more to this with time I am sure.

My passion is ...

i am a passionate person in general. anything worth doing is worth doing passionately so i guess my passion would be life itself.

I know too much about ...

....a person can never know to much about anything.

My parents always told me ...

treat others as you wish to be treated.

My childhood ambition ...

to be a lawyer /entertainer of some kind.

My favorite memory ...

the birth of my son.

Why I write ...

because i love to, and i have to do something with all the nonsense that flows through my head.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

jeff buckley atm

My first job ...

in a jewelry boutique in the mall

My best moment ...

oh i have so many...why choose one?

My inspiration ...

i find inspiration in everything.

Parenting & Pregnancy > Child Behavior & Discipline (Other) Society's judgmental views of disciplining your children in public

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I screamed. I kicked the air. I flailed my arms. I threw myself to the floor and BEGGED my child to please, Please, PLEEEEEASE buy me that Dyson vaccum cleaner because I knew he had enough money in his piggy bank and well, let's face it, I have been a REALLY good mommy lately. By the time store security arrived, my son had in fact stopped his crying, whining and begging for the $89 leggo star wars set, and had actually hung his head in embarrassment. This was the third time he began a tantrum in a store after being told no, and as I had warned him the last time, "three strikes ,you're out"...

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