by Sasha Stone | Jun 10, 2010 | Blog 'em and Weep, KIDOME
Oh god. Whenever these dramas surface I try with all of my might to resist the temptation to indulge in yet another news story about a missing white girl. But here we are again, a missing white girl lost at sea. I guess what amazes me about the story is that Abby...
by Sasha Stone | May 28, 2010 | FAMILY
12 always seemed like a milestone year to me. 12 is so different from 13, and 14, and 15, and 16 and 17, and 18. When we are growing up, each year represents a whole and particular time in our lives. What does 12 send you back to? It takes me back to the awkward...
by Sasha Stone | May 9, 2010 | Blog 'em and Weep, FAMILY
Mother’s Day is the day we’re supposed to, as a people, spend money to, as Charles Foster Kane once said, “buy things.” We do this to prove our love because somewhere down the line we were taught that buying stuff equals love. We have to buy...
by Sasha Stone | May 5, 2010 | FAMILY, TO TRAVEL
I have two nieces. One of them has been wanting a little dog for years and years. Her mom and dad have three other very big dogs, like German Shepherd big. Finally, my niece wore her mom down and they zeroed in on this little rescue dog named Leaf. She is tiny but...
by Sasha Stone | Apr 8, 2010 | MOMMIES ARE PEOPLE TOO
I noticed that a part of my tooth had chipped off a few weeks ago. It started as a kind of uncomfortable space between my molars but I thought, I’ll just go get a crown. Or else I thought, this is going to stop feeling annoying eventually. But I waited too long...
by Sasha Stone | Mar 17, 2010 | MOMMIES ARE PEOPLE TOO, TO BITCH
I was never a pretty girl, not traditionally pretty anyway. Maybe charismatic, got “sexy” a lot, but pretty? Not really. There is something in Rielle Hunter I recognize and identify with. She is so many good things – and yet, she’s the object...