Motherwise Cracks

Today was my daughter’s birthday and it was the first one that she was not home for as she is now a working girl. By chance, her sister happened to be traveling to her town, so they had a birthday celebration without me – without the rest of us – but mostly me. Sad at [...]

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While moving my son back home after his first year at college last Thursday, I pinched a nerve. That is what I get for being too lazy to put the load I was carrying down to open the door and trying to do it with my hip. While I have plenty of hip to perform [...]

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Got a pedi today, which is always nice. I left a $2 tip. That’s less than half of what I usually tip. Here’s what not to do if you want a big tip: 1. Tell the person they look tired. 2. Look at their upper lip and brows and repeatedly ask if they need a [...]

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The concert I sang in with the community choir was really nice. I ran out after to pick up some of my kids and a friend at the airport at midnight, and bright and early the next AM, we tackled the first of two moving experiences. The first, the move out and into a new [...]

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