Expats Radio Talks with Elisa Ashley
[media-credit id=68 align="alignright" width="294"][/media-credit]Host Bill Friday of the Expats Media project and It’s Always Friday talks with writer and blogger Elisa Ashley. Join us as we talk about babies, More...
My Room
Originally posted on Associated Content, March 2008 The room that I slept in as a child was adjacent to our living room. That meant that I was the only person who had to sleep on the first floor of our run down More...
My Child WHAT? (What to do when you find out you have one of THOSE kids.)
Before I had children I’d see little kids who bit other kids or bullied or pushed or…whatever. And, like most people, my thinking was something along the lines of “Oh what a bad mother. She must More...
What Now? (written by The Toddler)
This was originally posted at The Abby Gales in July, 2011 First I had to learn English for these boobs. They hadn’t bothered to learn any of my words and couldn’t understand me. Then they looked surprised More...
Monday’s Child and a River Dog
[media-credit id=68 align="alignleft" width="300"][/media-credit]Mondays’ Child is fair of face. The Toddler is adorable. I’m not just being biased. Other people will stop us wherever we are and tell More...
Potty Training or Else
[media-credit id=68 align="alignleft" width="225"][/media-credit]…or not at all. I thought I had it this time. We bought three boxes of those awful individually packaged fruit snacks because The Toddler adores More...
Big Busy Days and Breakdowns
[media-credit id=68 align="aligncenter" width="216"][/media-credit]This past week has been kind of busy for us. The Toddler and I are used to being stuck …trapped …at home with each other pleading More...
The “Terrible” Twos
[Previously published on Respectfully Disrespectful] Elisa Ashley "Terribly Two" I hear screaming from the living room: “I can’t DO IT!” This is accompanied by minor thunking sounds and whispers More...









