Category Archive: The Long View (“It Gets Better!”)

Secret Issues Mom

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(After channeling Marlo Thomas with “That Girl,” I have 60s theme songs running through my head …. so if you remember “Secret Agent Man,” please hum that theme song that to yourself as… Continue reading →

Someone Buy That Woman A Drink! (One Fish, Two Fish, cont.)

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As I continue to read my July 1998 journal, I don’t know whether to laugh or cry … because I think I hit every emotion possible within a page and a half on… Continue reading →

One Fish, Two Fish … Big Brother, …???

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One of the things that prompted me to finally start writing (after years and years of Martha and I saying that we needed to write a book) was finding some pages of a… Continue reading →

You Know Those Mothers Who Swear By The Dr. Ferber Book?

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I’m not one of them….. I’m sure that the Ferber book was a godsend to so many.  For me it was another lesson in failure. Sometimes the rules just don’t apply, but you… Continue reading →

“LA LA LA LA LA LA LA … [Fingers in ears] … I Can’t Heeeear Youuuuu!”

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“I can’t go back there. It’s too painful.” That’s what I heard from a number of friends a few months ago – other parents of grown-up “Jimmy’s” (and “Janey’s”) – when I asked… Continue reading →