Quotation Saturday: Behavior

Mamacita says:  Behavior.  It’s on my mind.   Watching a mother allow her child to play roughly with an unpaid-for toy throughout the store, then discarding it at the checkout without paying for the damage, disgusted me, and I mentioned it … Continue reading

Why Do It Be: That So Many Adults Are Scum. . . .

Mamacita says:  Spring Break is over for me and just beginning for other people, so naturally I’m, to quote Jimmy Fallon, BOTHERED. Oh, not really.  I love my job.  All of them, in fact. In honor of my love for … Continue reading

Soft Heart and Iron Will

Mamacita says: Dear students who blew off midterms last week: I foresee dark and stormy days ahead for you. . . . I predict that something difficult and complicated will loom before you, messing up your social life and playing … Continue reading

Quotation Saturday: Curiosity

Mamacita says:  Children are naturally curious.  With each passing day, an infant is more and more curious about what’s going on in the world around him/her.  When is this happening?  When is that happening?  And, later, WHY is this happening, … Continue reading

"This child was born of parents who can read and write. To me, this is a great miracle."

Mamacita says:  This topic has been on my mind lately (as usual), so I’m re-running this post from March of 2008. Oh please, society, let us learn from the past, just a little bit? “Francie thought it was the most … Continue reading