Live and Let Di

Migrant Mother

As I was eating breakfast with my 12-year-old son the other day, I saw a story online about the famous âMigrant Motherâ photo taken by Dorothea Lange in 1936, that captured the pain and hopelessness people felt during the Great Depression.

Posted 11 mon. ago.

Bookseller to the Rescue

I remember when I was about ten, watching my Mom in the kitchen at the stove on Christmas or Thanksgiving. The kitchen in our house was about the size of the average McMansion pantry, had no granite, no stainless steel appliances and no custom cabinets, but was still the room that held most of my happy childhood memories.

Posted 11 mon. ago.

Be A Mom

We Moms pride ourselves on our juggling skills and our ability to multitask. We congratulate each other on our creative strategies for getting everyone everywhere. We work, we PTA and we just generally GET THINGS DONE! The other day I got an awakening thanks to my 12-year old son. He asked if I could take him toÂ Hit and Run for some batting practice. Figuring he would be busy for about 45 minu…

Posted 12 mon. ago.

If I Could Save Time ...

My friends have a habit of rewording songs to better relate to their own lives. For example, at the Cantina, Neil Diamondâs Forever in Blue Jeans becomes Forever in Sweatpants. (Can I get an amen from the carpool-driving Moms out there?) And thereâs this song about OJ to the tune of Bubba Shot the Jukebox that I canât even describe here because this site is rated PG.

Posted 1 yr. ago.

'Tis the Season

It is virtually Christmas. Yes, we have to go through the motions of Thanksgiving, shopping, wrapping and all that, but it might as well be Christmas already. That's how fast it's going to be here.

Posted 1 yr. ago.

I'm Haley ... Fly Me!

Do you remember the National Airlines ad campaign, "Fly Me?" If not, you are probably too young to even be interested in my blog and since National Airlines was acquired by Pan Am in 1981, you are probably too young to even remember National Airlines. Anyway, the premise was that National painted women's names on the noses of their planes and ran ads that went something like this, "I'm [insert sex…

Posted 1 yr. ago.

Sweet Baby James

Last Monday, my daughter Haley and I participated in what I consider a historical event. I have never been to a political rally and neither has she. But we decided to go to the free James Taylor concert for Obama at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They did not allow banners into the show, otherwise ours would have been THE BEST:

Posted 1 yr. ago.

Testing 1-2-3

Does anyone else remember the Iowa Test? You never knew when it was coming. Just one day you showed up at school and they handed you a Scantron sheet that you "bubbled in" with a No. 2 pencil. Has anyone really seen a No. 1 or No. 3 pencil? Yeah, me neither. We finished the test, handed it in and we never heard anything about it. Maybe our parents got the results or something, but if they did, the…

Posted 1 yr. ago.

It's A Crock ...

When you've reached the age where the Tooth Fairy isn't coming to visit anymore and where any future teeth you lose will not be replaced naturally, but with really expensive man-made appliances ... And how convenient ... because MY suggestion is that when you reach this point, you try to find yourself an Appliance Fairy!!!

Posted 1 yr. ago.

Grief

Comfort by Ann Hood (The Knitting Circle, Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine, The Ornithologistsâ Guide to Life) is one of those books that you hear people recommend but you dismiss because you know it's about a pare

Posted 1 yr. ago.

about this blog

Live and Let Di

Diane is a TriangleMom2Mom featured blogger, appearing every Wednesday.

I try to be the voice of Moms with teens. My daughter Haley is 16. She's at that age where she is convinced that I know nothing. I'm thinking I'll seem a lot smarter when she's 22. We bond over Broadway shows. My son Rory is 13. He started reading the sports page when he was 5 and his passion for anything sports-related has grown ever since. This year he beat out 9 guys in their 40s to win his Fantasy Football League. Watch for him on ESPN in a few years.

My husband Hurley works from home, but travels quite a bit. When he's gone, I usually take a break from making dinner and cleaning the house. Oh, I don't do those things regularly when he's here either! Our parenting philosophy is "choose your battles." The only problem is that we often choose different battles. It keeps it interesting!!!