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Motherhood. 11 Dec 2012 | 07:07 am
It’s a rough place to be. It’s hard to just “be” a mother. There is no societal outlet for housebound mothers to easily replenish themselves. Our culture of getting far from family, moving far from h...
Psychopath Neighbors 16 Nov 2012 | 01:22 am
Every time we see a white Subaru Outback, we flinch. My daughter clenched up this morning as we pulled up behind one at an intersection. I had to tell her it was not our neighbors, and gave her the id...
30 Day Challenge / 5 ways to win my heart 1 Oct 2012 | 12:21 am
Ask the universe to put you in my path. I tend to take chances. I have taken chances, and although I maybe be at a standstill now, my heart is always open. I believe in fate. I believe love is very fl...
30 Day Challenge- Day 1 1 Oct 2012 | 12:08 am
Reblogged from Mm172001's Blog: Five ways to win your heart. Listen to and talk to me. Confide or trust in me. Be funny or make me laugh. Be willing to do what’s needed to make the relationship last. ...
Yoni Talk: Ariel Levy, Naomi Wolf, and Having a Vagina 9 Sep 2012 | 07:48 pm
Ariel Levy’s book review of Naomi Wolf’s “Vagina: A New Biography” in the New Yorker was quite fun. She is pretty critical of the book, which comes across in her article as sort of a self-indulgent, n...
Yes, I Am 21 Aug 2012 | 09:49 pm
Reblogged from Ify Okoye: Rachel Maddow: “I think the responsibility that we have as gay Americans to the extent that we can — and we ought to be really ambitious about the extent to which we can — we...
Alternative Reality Dream 13 Aug 2012 | 09:52 pm
I don’t know where else to put this since dreams can be boring to the people having to listen. Lonely old cyberspace is just fine, and typing is easier than holding a pen. Last night I dreamt that we ...
Crossroads 14 Apr 2012 | 03:09 pm
Reblogged from A moment of no thought....: It’s almost eleven years now since I took the plunge and made the most life altering decision possible and uttered those fatal words, ‘la illaha illallah Mu...
2 1/2 weeks of Single Parenting… 10 Apr 2012 | 12:01 pm
Not much is going on. Lie. When you are not in a mental slump, it is all bearable and fine. My husband lost his father this week. Inna Lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un. He is mid-flight right now. Th...
Converts, Growing up Gay in Morocco, and…? 29 Mar 2012 | 10:21 am
First, the videos of a lecture given by Dr. Leon Moosavi called “Converts: Has the Muslim Community Failed Them?”. It was nice that he gave this lecture, and I wish it could be standard play at every ...
