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THE STATE OF OUR UNION: Opinionated MAMA's Perspective on "Keeping It Together"

When the honeymoon is over and the day-to-day grind of real life begins, it takes a lot of hard work to create a healthy, happy...more perfect...union. Whether we are talking about the state of our country or the state of our own marriage and family, the message is the same. We need to take time to evaluate what is working, what isn’t and figure out how to adjust accordingly. If we are in a dysfunctional relationship it is hard to deal with any problems, big or small. Never mind an economic crisis, healthcare crisis,...

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Everyone loves a good make-over.  Cinderella was always my favorite—literally rising out of the ashes of the fireplace to trounce over her bitchy stepsisters with her fab glass slippers.  My mom tells me I would “play” Cinderella as a child, but ALWAYS started out with my nightie and some old apron and a broom at least for a few minutes because the KEY to the game was the transformation.  I always played this game alone by the way, even though I had 3 sisters who could have played the other parts VERY well, but weren’t always willing to play the gross, ugly and mean parts—shocker.

 

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy was one of the early makeover shows—they make over the guy and his apartment—they “juge” his hair with lots of product, show him how to shave “with the grain.”  Whiten his teeth with the Crest strips.  Carson made fun of...

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Sometimes I am really jealous of Ellen and Portia.  They have love.  They have laughs.  They probably hang their towels up or at least have someone that hangs them up.  And probably, when either of them gets the sniffles, the world as they know it doesn’t end.  Maybe Ellen will stop at the CVS and pick up some Sudafed for Portia, but if she doesn’t I’m sure Portia still acts normal and sweet when Ellen gets back from the studio or wherever.

 

Honest to God, what is it about men and illness?  And I know this is so trite and so cliché, but again—only because it’s soooo true!  (That’s how cliché’s become cliché’s—the first guy that compared someone’s eyes to limpid pools or sapphires was a genius, but any guy who tries that line now?  Forget about it.) Anyway, I’m sure there are exceptions to this phenomenon, but it seems to me that...

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