Blog Feed: Black Belt Mama

Am I Parenting or in a Street Fight?

Published on 2012-05-11 07:00:23

I was talking to someone about my blog last weekend, about how I feel completely and totally stifled in what I’m able to write about. When I first started writing, I was completely anonymous. I didn’t even tell Mr. BBM I had a blog until I already had a couple posts up. I had my [...] > read more

Six Months

Published on 2012-04-30 14:50:47

Babies develop in phases. Maybe it’s because he’s my third one, maybe because he’s my last one, but the time periods between these phases are entirely too short. Baby Belated is now 6 months old and it feels like he’s doing something new every single day. He went from being this pleasant little infant, to [...] > read more

No Screens: Why People who are Constantly on their Phones are Missing Out on the World

Published on 2012-03-26 22:01:47

Over the weekend, Mr. BBM, his dad, step-mom and I went to see “The Hunger Games.” It was premiere weekend, so I should have known better. The first premier weekend movie I went to, back in the day, was “Evita.” Mr. BBM and I were dating at the time and we were fashionably late. We [...] > read more

5 Months

Published on 2012-03-22 14:33:44

This week, my baby turned five months old. . . already. How did that happen? > read more

Catch Up

Published on 2012-02-23 08:38:22

This is what happens when your life gets too crazy busy to post much. . . you have SO much to say that  you don’t even know where to begin, so you just don’t. Guilty. Let’s see if I can catch everyone up on my cast of characters before Baby Belated wakes up today. Baby [...] > read more

Little Girl Drama

Published on 2012-01-18 12:10:45

I never know what I’m going to hear when I ask my daughter “how was school?” Most days, I hear about the daily drama. Girls who tell her “I hate you.” Girls who tell her “You’re mean.” She is supposed to write something on the board that she did over the weekend. This week, she [...] > read more

Why I Won’t Be Watching “Are You There, Chelsea?”

Published on 2012-01-12 14:13:34

Last night, I decided I would check out the new show “Are you there, Chelsea?” It comes on right after “Whitney,” one of my new favorites. As I watched it, I was thinking that the humor was really dull and the subject matter not all that great either. However, I’ve thought this about other new [...] > read more

On Not Creating Resolutions

Published on 2012-01-03 14:09:26

Have you created your resolutions for 2012? I haven’t. I’m not doing any this year. I’ve decided that resolutions are just one more thing that women create in order to make themselves feel guilty. I have enough guilt in my life. Scene cuts to Christmas morning with Swim Girl counting presents. I’ll give you one [...] > read more

Prayers Answered?

Published on 2011-12-23 15:04:23

Five years ago, we stood by helpless as our friend buried his wife after a year long battle with synovial sarcoma. She was pregnant when she was diagnosed; her son, barely a year old when she passed away at age 29. A couple years ago, I read with hope, blogger, Lisa’s battle with ovarian cancer. [...] > read more

I’ve Been a Little Bit Busy

Published on 2011-11-29 09:17:10

I started my blog right around the time when Sassy was six months old. I spent a lot of nap times plugging away on an entry, trying to build up a readership and make a name for myself in the blogging world. You haven’t heard from me in about a month. This time around, the [...] > read more

Finally. . .

Published on 2011-10-29 14:55:11

When I celebrated successfully passing my black belt test, I had a cake made for the party. It had one word on it. . . finally. Once again, life has shown me that good things are definitely worth the wait. On Thursday, October 20th, Mr. BBM and I arrived at the hospital. After waiting it [...] > read more

Induction Eve

Published on 2011-10-19 09:25:48

If my life was a musical, one of the songs playing right now would be Edie Brickell’s “I Quit, I Give Up.” Last night, two of my talented friends came out, set up their body work table and went to work on me. They hit every acupressure point they knew and they hit them hard. [...] > read more