DoctorMama

I’m not too hung up on birthdays; since I share one with my brother, it’s always seemed like just another holiday rather than My Special Day...

Here’s how tough things have been around here: I started running in the morning. It was a long time coming. I had to skip my run more and mo...

HellBoy may be having a nervous breakdown. Or, it could be just strep throat. It all started a few months ago, when HB went from being a sil...

The last time I was this frantic was when I was a resident in the ICU . I considered abandoning blogging, but I really don’t want to. I know...

Hearing stories like Snickollet’s makes everyone—including me—nervous. What if what happened to her husband happens to me? we ask. And then...

Because I said I would, I now answer these questions from thumbscrews : 1. You can travel back in time and visit yourself at [select all ap...

I shouldn’t be writing this for two reasons: I am already so behind at work that even going in to the office for several hours yesterday (...

Some very enlightening comments on my last post . I meant to follow up on that post earlier, but I got blindsided this week. I was in a fant...

I have a lovely single friend who graciously allows me to enjoy vicariously her romantic exploits (and gave permission for me to discuss thi...

In my last post, I singled out one of the paintings displayed on our cruise for ridicule, and this engendered some questions as to why, esse...

Even before I read David Foster Wallace’s A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again , I was never tempted by the thought of going on a...

Whether the original Trainwrecks site was harmless or evil (which I do NOT, NOT, NOT want to discuss—I’m very bored of that topic), it serv...

As I alluded to previously, I’ve been a little stressed lately. The reasons are pretty boring, but just so that everyone knows it’s not you,...

Humans are wired to constantly search for causes for (and solutions to) every problem. This is probably our most useful adaptation, but it c...

Yes, I’m still doing THAT . Yes, he is two and two-thirds years old. Yes, the end is in sight. I have discovered that after a certain point,...