by Theresa Reed | May 24, 2014 | The Hit List
My daughter is a word nerd who loves to teach me lingo that I need to know. This week, she enlightened me about “mommyjacking”, a term given when “an enthusiastic mother turns someone else’s status update into their own personal baby-talk forum.” Confession time: I...
by Theresa Reed | May 17, 2014 | The Hit List
Drama is addictive. Some people secretly thrive on high-volume fights, righteous victimhood, and random exchanges of hostile barbs. It makes them feel alive. It’s a brutal, throbbing, pulsing, version of alive. That’s the addictive part. It hurts but at least you’re...
by Theresa Reed | May 10, 2014 | The Hit List
If you think mothering small children is a rough job, wait until your kids are adults. I assumed that once mine were done with high school, I’d be on easy street. WRONGO. Adult children have permission to say “back off” and you have no choice in the matter. You have...
by Theresa Reed | May 3, 2014 | The Hit List
Random lessons from my last week (cause you never stop learning and every moment gives you an opportunity, yo): A support ticket to your web host gets faster service than calling them out on Twitter. Just because your cats left that last plant alone doesn’t mean...
by Theresa Reed | Apr 12, 2014 | The Hit List
You would never guess by looking at me but I’m nuts about fashion. I read every single fashion magazine I can get my gnarly little (unmanicured) claws on. Vogue, Lucky, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire…I can’t get enough! I pore over the glossy pictures, oohing...