Tonight I saw an interview of Mary Eberstadt discussing her book Home-Alone America and I had to go and look it up. Basically, she has been researching the impact of parental absence in the home on kids, whether its through working moms, absent dads, uninvolved relatives, etc. Before I discuss why it resonated with me here’s a quote from the author. A summary question from the National Review Online: NRO: If a parent can take away only one message from Home-Alone America, what would you like it to be? Eberstadt: Any family already sacrificing to keep an adult at home…
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Yey, a new direction! So, originally this blog was just going to be all Arin all the time, every little smile and giggle and messy faced feeding picture. Obviously, that didn’t happen so I’m hijacking this blog (from myself) for myself. Actually, mostly it will probably still be about Arin. But! I get to throw in all the other junk I find myself wanting to publicly blog about. And, I also have a defunct old beauty blog thingie on this account which I will post on the right so you don’t have to click through my profile, just in case…
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Right, so I haven’t updated this in about ten thousand years! I know, and I feel bad. First of all, I have been posting all of the pictures that do actually see the light of day on facebook. So, if you’re not already friends with me there, add me. If you’re not ON facebook, join! It’s super easy and a great stalking tool. I mean, social networking… or something. 🙂 I’m sort of addicted to ‘beauty blogs’ and ‘housewife blogs’ and since I’m such a prolific writer (right guys?) I should join in the fun. 🙂 More updates to come, promise!
