Food
- The Georgia Peach Martini I am all about the coconut rum lately. All. About. It. When I found this recipe on Pinterest, [...]
- The Mommy’s Little Helper Margarita Mothers’ Day should come once a MONTH, amirite? In my opinion, we do not get celebrated enough. I [...]
- Cinco De Mayo Mexi-tini Hump Day Cocktail Good news! I don’t think I mind tequila! Which is great, because Cinco de Mayo is Sunday! And [...]
Parenting
- 18 Things To Say To Your Kids Before They’re 18 1. Please, PLEASE sleep. 2. You’re on mommy’s PMS cycle, aren’t you? 3. Why? Because. Why? Because. Why? [...]
- TV Mom Tuesday: Kitty, That 70′s Show There’s no question that Kitty from That 70′s Show is one of the coolest TV moms! Here she is [...]
- TV Mom Tuesday: Lois, Family Guy For this week’s TV Mom, we picked this hilarious clip from Family Guy of Stewie trying to get [...]
Books & Tea
- Rugrat Reads
- Kids
- Teens/Tweens
- Adults
- Book Review: I Just Want To Pee Alone I Just Want To Pee Alone is a book of essays written by over 30 mom bloggers [...]
- Rugrat Reads: Sky Color I found another great book for the rugrats in our lives, or, as some people call them, 3-6 [...]
- 50 Shades with Spanx Ok, I admit it, I didn’t read 5O Shades of Grey. It’s not that I’m a culture snob, [...]
Lifestyle
- Summertime: 5 Ideas For Welcoming The Sublime Season The Memorial Day holiday is fast approaching, and you know what that means—barbeques, beaches and the official welcome [...]
- 5 Ways To Celebrate Mother’s Day My family has a Mother’s Day tradition that I dearly love and look forward to every year. Each [...]
- 5 Things I Want My Daughter To Know, Now Like all of you, there are so many things I want to teach my young daughter. I want [...]
Relationships
- Divorce
- Marriage
- Sex
- The Hunt
- “A Little Too Close” Blooper Reel To celebrate the conclusion of our first season of “A “Little Too Close”, we’d like to share a [...]
- “A Little Too Close” Episode 5: Graham Outerbridge, Ex Boyfriend Who better to tell you what you might be doing wrong in love than an ex? [...]
- “A Little Too Close” Episode 4: Will Greenberg When I began my investigative work into why I’m still single, I figured who better to talk to [...]
Stories
- Complaints
- Confessions
- Fears
- Lessons
- A Very Unusual Day For my job, I go to many unusual places. But this was the most unusual I had been [...]
- Reflections on Yet Another Crappy Mother’s Day I’m convinced that Mother’s Day is a set up. It’s kind of like how Lucy scams Charlie Brown [...]
- Metamorphosis of Motherhood, pt. 2 In Tuesday’s post, I shared with you how I struggled to come to terms with the true sacrifices [...]
Entertainment
- Live Chats
- Mommytube
- Photos
- Spill It
- What’s The Coolest Date You’ve Ever Gone On?
- Jorge and Alexa Sing “Home” This adorable cover song of “Home” by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros will have your heart melting, [...]
- Justin And Jeremy-Moves Like Jagger These two boys show us how well they can really bust a move while playing Just Dance for [...]
Health
- Conversations With My Breast Pump & Other Postpartum Tales I only have two regrets about telling my postpartum horror story on Episode 11 of ‘Storytime Hour with [...]
- Dentally Compatible I’m going to let you in on a little secret—I can get a little self conscious about my [...]
- 7 Signs You’re Entering Middle Age I was prepared to publish an intense, serious post on divorce today but just as I was about [...]

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Felicity Huffman's What The Flicka - My Mother

Felicitations

Felicitations for May: My Mother

Posted by: Felicity Huffman on May 8th, 2013

In the course of trying to write this blog, I have organized my files, cleaned out my daughters’ closet, gone running twice in one day, found myself online signing up for a new cleansing diet (which is supposed to save me from cancer, wrinkles and menopause) and watching a documentary that has been sitting on my desk for a month.

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