Violated

 r’s note: Please pardon the rambling nature of this post. Even though “Stream of Consciousness Sunday” doesn’t formally exist anymore I’ve decided to have at it.  When The Bee and I moved three-ish years ago, I knew the area of Philly that we were moving to wasn’t the best but I never felt unsafe or worried about where we lived….

Soundtrack for Raising a Teen

Middle school madness is, well, madness. My teen, once a lovely young lady, has seemingly lost her every loving mind. It’s so bad that The Dad and I have been talking regularly to try and dissect what in the world is going on!     I have been “woosahing” and “omming” all over the place and have found a happy…

Book Review: George Washington’s Teeth #warw

February is National Children’s Dental Awareness Month. This, along with President’s Day on February 17th, inspired me to share George Washington’s Teeth, an amusing book which chronicles the trials of George Washington’s teeth issues. All of my life I had been taught that George Washington had teeth made of wood. In Deborah Chandra and Madeleine Comora’s George Washington’s Teeth, we learn that…

#MondayListicles: By Any Other Name….

Say it Rah-shay By Feb 02, 2014 1 Comment

Late to the Monday Listcles party again (shh!) but wanted to join in on the name game. My mom named me Rachee which I HATED, HATED, HATED as a kid. No one could (can) pronounce it, I could never find it on cups or those plastic license plates and I  just did not want to be THAT kid with the…

Join me and @pushinglovely for #dayoflight

Join Pushing Lovely and me on the #DayOfLight, Wednesday, February 5th. We are taking to social media to bring depression out of the dark.   What is Depression?   Depression is a common but serious mental illness typically marked by sad or anxious feelings. These feelings tend to linger for periods longer than 2 weeks at a time and interfere…