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Say My Name, Say My Name
Last weekend, while passing dat sweet baby between the four of us, we were kidding around and wondering what I’d be called by Sweet E. Mrs. Tucker seems so, so, so formal. And silly. I threw out a...
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Info Overload: Do Moms Today Have It Easier Or Harder?
When I was pregnant with Boy, I was the first in my large group of friends to have a baby; I would be the go-to mommy for all-things-baby advice. The overwhelming info overload of the mommy/baby...
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I adore Pat Conroy. As a writer, I think of how puny my words are, comparatively speaking, next to his. Puny and pedestrian. The fact that I am weak next to his strength makes me love him all the...
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What I’ll Tell Sweet E: Find and Listen To Your Inner Voice
Dear Sweet E, what’s an inner voice and where can you find yours? Mrs. Tucker is here to help, baby. For all my years, I’ve had a strong inner-voice. Long before it became conventional wisdom to...
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Guest Who!
Guest posting can be a scary proposition. Will you get it right? Or, will you embarrass yourself? I think I got it right. Deby, over at www.moms-make-money.com put out a call for guest bloggers for...
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Go On, Push That Door Open
I wrote the following post for another site, but since I shared a running post with you on Wednesday, I thought that it dovetailed nicely. ~~~~~~~~~~ The year I approached the San Antonio Express News...
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What I Will Tell Sweet E: Learn To Laugh At Yourself
Oh, my sweet little man, one of the best pieces of advice I can give you, as you grow into the world around you, is this: learn to laugh at yourself. As I wrote those words, a smile crept across my...
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Perimenopause Can Suck It, Part Five: It’s All The Rage
Mrs. Tucker is a sunny gal, y’all. Easy to get along with. Full of happiness and optimism. Silly². Except when she ain’t. Witness Part One, Part Two, Part Three and Part Four of my perimenopause...
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“If You Have To Explain It…”
I was born on the Day of the Dead. If you live in or near a Mexican community, you know what I’m talking about. If you don’t, then you may have never heard of Dia de Los Muertos. Day of the Dead, or...
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I Get Mocked
I get mocked. I get rolled eyes. I get tight smiles and pursed lips. I get long silences and unspoken expectations, begging me to come to my senses. I. Get. Mocked. And that’s OK. I count it as...
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Miscarriage. Stillbirth. Please, Don’t Shy Away.
Women love to talk about and dissect almost any topic you throw at them. I love that about my gender. We are open and interested and willing to spread our collective knowledge around to help each...
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(More) What I’ve Learned
I offered my first What I’ve Learned as a grandmama when Sweet E hit six months. How much more could I have learned in three months? Plenty. ~ I’m good in a crisis concerning Sweet E, but once I get...
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Top 10 Yeses of Grandparenthood
How many “Don’t Do This, You Crazy Grandmother” articles have I read in the last 9-months? Too damned many. That’s right, makes me a little twitchy being told by strangers to stay inside my grandma...
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PSA of the Day: Cocamide Diethanolamine (cocamide DEA)
I rarely watch televised news (get my info online), but as luck would have it, I caught an interesting tidbit about a widely-used chemical that made me plunge into research. Have you heard about...
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Digital Security: Social Media
We’ve talked about digital security before, but mostly pertaining to online searches. Today, I want you to think about social media security. Check this out: ~gulp~ Makes you think about what you’re...
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Christmas Eve Love
For those celebrating Christmas, may your eve be blessed. My Christmas prayer is that we may take our merry greetings of Good Will to All and carry it with us into the days ahead. My small and humble...
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Grandma Has a Life
If you’ve read here, even for a short time, you know of my deep love for my family. I LURVS THEM! When I’m with any of them, they have my full attention. I’m all in, making every moment count. I...
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Hey! Are You Trying To Get Sued?!
Oh, my babies. I’m here to tell you a harrowing tale. Well, maybe not a harrowing tale, but notably painful, as my butt hurts from all the sitting and researching I’ve been doing on the subject of...
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Listen To Your Critics
To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing. ~ Aristotle Guess he told us. We all know that constructive criticism can empower, just as destructive criticism can crush. I’m speaking to the...
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Why Grandma (Choochie*) Runs
On this day of unbridled amore, I offer my lifelong love affair with running… As a runner who’s been running longer than most of you have been alive, I frequently get asked why I run. Grandma runs,...
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