As I'm sure I've mentioned many times before I have a nephew.  He's eight years old and is about the coolest kid you'd ever meet.  Well sometimes anyway.  My sister (his mother) had him when she was pretty young and they lived at home with us....

This is a response post to SerenaDante's recent post about why she does not want children. And I respect her descision, but I thought it would be fun to do a blog saying why I want children. I want children because ...

This had the makings of another pretty lousy day. I woke up to the sound of rain beating against the roof and the walls and the windows. It was cold and it was dark and the word “lousy” wormed its way into my head and wo...

Oh. my. god. Why are kids so cute...I want one now!!! Okay maybe not right now :)

Do you know what it's like to never have known your biological parents? Ever felt like a mistake because you were just the result of some teenager not using a condom? How about this: have you ever wondered wher...

source When I was growing up, I went through a two-year-long chubby stage right as I entered middle school. It was partly due to a lack of growth spurt, but it was also due in part to a lack of exercise. In retrospect, ...

And I think he's adorable.TAKE 1!TAKE 2!TAKE 3!TAKE 4!You agree too, right?

He took me into this room where there were a lot of kids with street clothes. I went over to this long bench; the man told me in an altogether different voice, "Sit down and wait your turn; your not going to be babied li...

Oh yea, big time. I know I'm not the only one that feels that way, but I am ridiculously tired of seeing teen & young twenty- something as parents. Maybe it's just the Chicagoland area, and if that's the case I n...