I am in my last year of my twenties, divorced mama (successfully co-parenting with her daddy) to the brilliant three-year-old (someone remind me to update this description in 2009, would you?) Sophia, and a skater for my local rollerderby league

I have been a member of SheKnows since 2004 when I was pregnant with Sophia and have been amazed by the friendships and connections I have formed here. Cheesy? Yes. Also very, very true.

I parent, I work, I skate (turn left).

A Remarkable Combination of Geriatric and Sweet Posted 02-02-2008 at 06:22 AM by memarq0 I have no idea how this routine started in our household, but Sophia helps me take my metamucil every day. I started drinking it when married because Sophia'sDaddy drinks it for the heart benefits (only to be had from the powder form, not the capsules). Well, I struck out on my own and realized I didn't have to take metamucil if I didn't want to! So I stopped doing it. But then my pooper started...well...stopping. So out came the metamucil again, though... Continue reading... memarq0 Roller Girl for Life

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The Most Dreaded Word in Kid-dom Posted 01-12-2008 at 10:23 AM by memarq0 When I was growing up, my mother would too-often announce on Saturday mornings - usually just after my twin brother had hunkered down in front of the TV from prime-cartoon-viewing time and I had settled in to a chair with a stack of books - "Get your shoes on - we need to run errands!" Errands. Errands. Just the word makes me feel bored, exhausted, and in dull pain, even. Errands. When my mother pronounced... Continue reading... memarq0 Roller Girl for Life

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If She's Shocked By This, I'm A Little Worried About How She'll Deal With the Rest of the World Posted 01-11-2008 at 10:39 AM by memarq0 Every day, sometimes multiple times a day, Sophia asks me what today is (as in what day of the week). I tell her, and she usually answers, "Oh." Last night during dinner, we were having standard Mama-toddler conversation, and she asked me, "What day is today, Mama?" I answered, "It's Thursday." She got an absolutely stunned look on her face and asked in amazement, "Thursday again?!?!" memarq0 Roller Girl for Life

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Curses! Comically Foiled Again! Posted 01-07-2008 at 05:42 PM by memarq0 I admit it: I have a potty mouth. It's so bad, in fact, that I have a he!!a hard time keeping my fingers from typing the colorful phrases they itch to set free on this happy community. Not negative cursing, mind you, just EMPHATIC cursing. There's nothing like dropping the f-bomb for really articulating a point with liveliness and yet, just a hint of subtlety. I'm not ashamed of this but I have to confess that I curse more now than when I was married.... Continue reading... memarq0 Roller Girl for Life

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All right, twist my arm, why dontcha? Posted 01-03-2008 at 04:55 PM by memarq0 Updated 01-03-2008 at 05:50 PM by memarq0 So I'll do this thing. Wow, the POWER... I wanted to write about the very goofy conversation that Sophia and I had tonight at dinner, but I realized that it would make no sense to anyone, so I'd have to translate it. So here goes... Sophia: When I'm...uh...FIVE. Me: Yes? Sophia: Talk to me about a castle. Me: What? Sophia (yelling): TALK TO ME ABOUT A CASTLE! Me: Um, okay, sure. Yes, castles...uh...who... Continue reading... memarq0 Roller Girl for Life

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