Author Archives: mamasick

Due to exhaustion, pain and the fact that people with Lupus shouldn’t be out in the sun too much, I haven’t been to the beach in about two years.  I’m not feeling any better, in fact, I’ve been doing a … Continue reading →

This book was given to me at no cost as a member of the From Left to Write book club. When I first saw the plot summary for The Stuff That Never Happened by debut author Maddie Dawson, part of … Continue reading →

This book was given to me at no cost as a member of the From Left to Write book club.  This post was inspired by this book. The Stuff That Never Happened by Maddie Dawson is a book with a … Continue reading →

I’ve been blogging since June of 2008, first with the Silicon Valley Moms Group.  When BlogHer ’08 came around I was barely familiar with what it was. I started this blog in May in 2009, and really wished I could … Continue reading →

Tyler and I went to a blueberry festival at a Protestant Church a few weekends ago.  It’s funny, you parents drag you to these things that you complain about as tweens and teens as really cheesy and then you bring … Continue reading →

Sometimes it frustrates me that people who have the same diseases I have are doing better than me. I’m not jealous of them, I don’t want anyone to be sick.  It just gets to me that some people can have … Continue reading →

This month was our first full month using the Food Stamp program.  Applying for Food Stamps was very stressful for me because we were on the poverty borderline, so I really wasn’t sure if we would get them.  They only … Continue reading →

The New York Post today in an article written by Carrie Seim. The article is about banning gifts for kids’ birthday parties.  I’m quoted at the end.  It is on-line and in the newspaper. Here is the original post that … Continue reading →

Last year I went to the dentist and wound up racking up a $3,000. dental bill, of which I have only succeeded in paying about a thousand dollars off on a dental credit card.  I couldn’t afford a six month … Continue reading →

On Monday night Grant and I broke the news to Tyler that one of our cats had suddenly died. He hadn’t said much more about her.  Then this morning I was in the kitchen and I heard him talking to … Continue reading →