If you know anything about Facebook, you have probably seen or been tagged for the hottest trend: 25 Random Things About Me. I thought I would share with you 10 Random Things About Teenagers that you may not know, seeing as many of you are not yet in the teen phase.

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Dear MadDog,

I don't know any other way to say this other than to come right out and say it.

I want a separation.

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Saturday morning, I woke up to a phone call saying, “I cannot believe what happened to your house! Are you mad?” No one likes to wake up to a call like that. In a panic, I raced to the front door to see what happened. Imagining the worst, I flung open the door to see every part of my house and front yard engulfed in a glorious white covering of toilet paper. If it was stationary, it was covered. Read More

Change. Could there possibly be a better word to sum up your life when you become a parent? Perhaps chaotic? Unpredictable? Insane? Tired? Okay, there are many words that can sum up your life when you become a parent. All of them, however, fall under that broad umbrella of change.

Once upon a time, there was a man and wife who slept late on Saturdays. They went on road trips with barely a moment's notice. While scanning the paper, if they saw a movie they wanted to see that started in 20 minutes, they could pick up and be there before the previews began. That was the life of a couple without children.

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Yesterday, as I decided I would take a day of rest with my children, I was shocked and surprised when my 7-year-old daughter came up to me and declared, "Today I want to declutter and organize my room." This, coming from a girl who lives by the motto: "Where I drop my toys, that is where they belong."

I immediately jumped up and raced to her room as if my tail was on fire. A child of mine was asking to organize and clean her room? It was a monumental event in our household. Read More