April 15th

I Got An Itch

A TRUE STORY ABOUT THE LIFE OF AN ITCH… Mom and teen talk DAY 1: Bella: I have an itch. Me: OK. Bella: Down by the watchacoo. Me: Huh? Bella: You KNOW. Me: And? Bella: I shaved. Me: Why in GOD’s NAME did you shave? Bella: I don’t like hair. Me: Wonderful. Bella: So, how […]

 
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April 8th

Daughterly Advice: Carbs R Good 4U

Bella: Carbs are good for you. Me: Oh yeah? Bella: Yeah, the Glucose creates sugar which gives you energy. I learned it in science. Me: OK. You know best.

 
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March 31st

What I Learned in School Today

At Dinner in a Mexicano Restaurante Bella: So me and a few friends were sitting around talking today, and you wanna hear what the boys said? Me: Sure. Bella: Well, they don’t really want to get involved. That’s why they like making out so much. They just want to get in and out, do you […]

 
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March 20th

The Kiss Part V: Epilogue, at Least I Hope for Now

SETTING: Dinnertime, a week after the big event (Me finding Bella with a boy in her Bedroom). ME: So what happened? BELLA: Well, I tried to call him on the phone but he didn’t pick up. So I texted him and told him I was not ready for a relationship ME: And???? BELLA: He said, […]

 
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March 3rd

The Kiss, Part IV: It Happened to ME—Or Was it to HER?

“I only have to worry about two dicks, YOU have to worry about ALL of them”. Matt K. father of twin boys to mother of teenage daughter, Feb 29, 2008 I will not be that dumb mother who, one day finds out that her teenage daughter has been hiding a boy under the bed. Nope, […]

 
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February 27th

The Kiss Part III: Boredumb

Can you shoot me and put me out of my misery? A real conversation between Bella and me. (Bella, 14, me, much, much younger) Her: I am really BOOOORED. Me: Why are you bored? Her: There’re no boys in my school. Me: None? Out of 500 boys, there are NONE? Her: None that I’m interested […]

 
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February 16th

The Kiss, Part I: The Lip Virgin

The Mother Daughter Talk…Yes, With Bella and Me So mommy, I know this girl who hooked up with this guy cause she hadn’t ever kissed any body before, so does that make her a slut? No. So who did you kiss? Nobody. Who did you kiss? I can’t believe you had your first kiss and […]

 
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