Oh for the love of mom!

My mom came up last weekend to spend some quality time with me and Darling Son. Our relationship is, well, interesting. Since my Wasband made the decision to undergo gender reassignment surgery, Mom has been uninterested in being and unwilling to be in the same room with her. That means that next week, when Darling…

Beware of Mama Bear

I’ve been accused many times of being a Mama Bear when it comes to my son. When it’s said, it is tossed at me as an insult.  But I don’t take it that way. I stand a little taller. My son was diagnosed as mildly autistic right around the time he was three. At the…

10 Things I Learned from Babies

I saw the movie Babies today. It’s a lovely film that looks at the first year or so of life of four babies, one born in Mongolia, one in Namibia, one in Japan, and one in San Francisco. That movie taught me a few things. Some may seem obvious, particularly to someone who has been…