About Me & Laugh Out Loud Mom

How it all began…For the past 9 years I’ve been writing a weekly email column called “My Thoughts” for about 8,800 moms & dads on KidsEvents.com.  I'm told its something you can easily read while sitting on the toilet with kids banging on the bathroom door.  Or at work to start the day off with a grin - a so-called sanity saver.

"Writing stuff" started out as a great excuse for not going to the gym.  Lot's of people don't like going to the gym, mostly because it is time consuming and demoralizing.  Instead, I rely on intense bursts of keyboarding combined with isometric butt clenches to stay in shape.  Its practically a spin class.  Besides the obvious excercise benefits, putting pen to paper challenges me to communicate coherently with the world at large.  Unlike the conversations I might have with a 2-year old, or with my husband who occasionally acts like one.  This will undoubtedly help me avoid early altheimers.  Crossword puzzles would achieve the same thing but I consistently fail to solve them and become moody.  So I think I'll stick with the writing thing. 

Anyway, one of the BEST parts of writing for other moms is getting email from them. (Especially from the moms who seem to be on the same nutty "page" as myself, not the real crackpots.)  You know, we moms ARE pretty much living the same life - just with different husbands, houses, kids, and bank accounts. And what we REALLY NEED (no honey, not more lingerie) is to laugh about it more.

I recently decided to work less and write more...and give my "ramblings" an identity of their own.  The column has a new name "The Chuckle" and a new home, Laugh Out Loud Mom.  If you enjoy it, pass it forward!

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