Why I don't eat dinner with my family

My kids asked me the other day to eat dinner with them. I begged off. “No thanks.” I said. It isn’t like I don’t love my kids. I do. But what I’m looking for come dinner time, is decompression. And it’s difficult to get...

Mother's Day/Wedding Anniversary

Fourteen years ago today I married Shawn Mason. Five kids two states two degrees and two schools later, here we are. Before I got to the yard this morning I checked out Ebony Mom, because I saw she peeped her head in (myblog.com is the bomb!), and noticed that one of...

Marriage is for rich people

Remember this? Well check this out. Now truth be told we’ve been heading down this road for a while now…and as usual the trend hits vulnerable populations first, then spreads outward. The key here is the historical piece. How long has marriage really been...