by Sasha Stone | Jun 11, 2010 | Blog 'em and Weep
I know that it is easy to get hysterical when a girl’s life is at stake. Indeed, many of us were worried that the 16 year-old Sunderland was put in harm’s way. There was even talk of child abuse charges for her parents. But of course, Abby is the second...
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 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 | 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...
by Sasha Stone | Jan 18, 2009 | MEDIA MADNESS, MOMMIES ARE PEOPLE TOO
We held one of our biggest fundraisers so far yesterday at a location near Emma’s school. We had a garage sale on one end and a cookies and lemonade stand on the other. I was dispatched to the lemonade stand with my friend Karen and several of our kids. It...
I spend way too much thinking about me.
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