http://www.dodgingtheabyss.com Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:00:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Do girls pay more attention to faces? Are they more in tune to facial characteristics? More likely to recognize a face? This is a something that has occurred to me recently after observing my children. I have 4 children - a 13 yr old boy, 6 yr old boy, 4 yr ... http://www.dodgingtheabyss.com/2007/11/07/boys-vs-girls/ My day was one of those especially fun days only a mother can truly understand. Bridget got up this morning complaining about a "tummy ache". Within the hour she was puking. Then diarrhea followed. She spent the first half of the day alternating between the two. We have what the kids fondly ... http://www.dodgingtheabyss.com/2007/11/06/a-day-only-a-mother-could-have/ Off in the distance, the first familiar sign of the approaching wall of darkness appears. In the beginning, it is more of a perception, a sort of intuition that comes from repeating the experience many times. I can just about sense its stealthy approach. I'm on hightened awareness now, knowing ... http://www.dodgingtheabyss.com/2007/10/20/dodging-the-abyss/ My mother is Mexican, she was born there and came to this country when she married my father in 1954. My father is an American of Irish and German descent. My parents settled in my dad's hometown of Brooklyn, NY. Mom was only 17 yrs old, far from home and ... http://www.dodgingtheabyss.com/2007/10/19/a-woman-without-an-identity/ Facing the inescapable mortality of my mother has reduced me from a normal, functioning adult to a scared child afraid to lose her mama. When I was 7 yrs old, my mother was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Because of my age, I wasn't told of the diagnosis. I ... http://www.dodgingtheabyss.com/2007/10/04/primal-fear/ Why does the press insist on spending so much time covering the war? Think global warming is important? Think again. How bout the national debt? The healthcare crisis? None of those things are what really matters in today's world. Anyone with an internet connection and an email address surely knows that ... http://www.dodgingtheabyss.com/2007/10/03/forget-the-war/