Libido Thieves Ransack Suburbs By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com I’ve lost my libido and I’m not quite sure where I left it. I had it during high school. I didn’t always know what to do with it, but I sure as heck knew it was there. It was a constant.
[Read More]Finding Grace When You’re Surrounded by Idiots Excerpted from “Finding Grace When You Can’t Even Find Clean Underwear”By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com “The common denominator in all your failed relationships is YOU!” My sister and I found this truism on a “demotivational” poster on www.Despair.com, a site offering a hilarious.
[Read More]It’s Nothing Personal Ma’am By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Whether it’s the headset-wearing counter clerk at Taco City who always shorts you two burritos, the inattentive friend who never calls you back, or the grumpy spouse who consistently comes home in a lousy mood, sometimes it seems like the whole.
[Read More]Why isn’t marriage as exciting as dating? By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Singles searching for a spouse often believe that matrimony is the golden ticket to a lifetime of great sex, matching towels, funky artwork and meaningful conversations, kind of like a Pottery Barn catalogue come to life. But those.
[Read More]By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com “This is a total nightmare. The flowers are the wrong shade of papaya, the dwarf missed his entrance cue and now the band’s security detail is blocking my entrance to the stage.” The First Lady sweating the details of this state dinner? A bridezilla agonizing.
[Read More]By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com The Ant Man cometh. And apparently he disliketh his job. Or at least the part that has anything to do with bugs. My Ant Man encounter began at 6 a.m. as I stumbled downstairs to fuel up on coffee before a morning of phone interviews..
[Read More]By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Is Santa is the only man on the planet with a holiday to-do list? I could go on a nice, long rant about how all us poor, beleaguered women are once again solely responsible for manufacturing every spark of the holiday magic. All the while,.
[Read More]By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com If your daughter needed a kidney, would you give her one of yours? Of course you would. But would you think about how to prepare her spirit to receive it? I recently interviewed John St. Augustine, an author and executive producer for “Oprah and Friends”.
[Read More]Mentor or meddler? Is Mom the monkey in the middle? By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Has there ever been an endeavor at which more well-meaning, hard-working people have tried, and ultimately fallen short, than the fine art of parenting? Being a mom or dad is a tough job but, let’s.
[Read More]Peeling little van potatoes off the driveway By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com I have just seen one of the world’s worst TV commercials, a 30-second spot for the Toyota Sienna. Picture this. An all-American Dad in his weekend DIY, handy-husband work garb – jeans, a scruffy paint-spattered T and a.
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