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A mother on moms

By Lisa Gray, Restless Gray Girl

Big Man is worried about what to get me for Mother's Day. I don't like plants because with them comes yet one more thing to keep alive. Books are as essential to my life as food so there is a steady supply of those. And yet I kind of get a bit nauseous when I read or hear from other mom's that all they want from Mother's Day is to be with their family.

I want to think they are lying.MORE »

Ain't it a trip where heroes come from?

By Lisa Gray, Restless Gray Girl

The world has it wrong, or at least the media does. It seems we have no real shortage of heroes--we are just looking in the wrong places. Try walking the halls of a middle school anywhere.MORE »

Say what? On making time to fight sexism

By Lisa Gray, Restless Gray Girl

On a recent trip, I saw this t-shirt worn by a man between the ages of, I'm guessing, 17-23.

And so there is no wonder why there are so many of us out there carrying signs like this:

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A rose by any other name...

By Lisa Gray, Restless Gray Girl

Names are important. They recognize an individual, make a person tangible, and give them worth. In the beginning of the first Harry Potter book, the villain is so awful that for a spell, they only refer to him as He Who Must Not Be Named.MORE »

How I see it.

By Lisa Gray, Restless Gray Girl

I was asked, not unkindly, about my "attachment" to Andrew's death. This came up because I was remembering the events of a year ago, thinking of Andrew's family, and what has happened in my own life since then. I have never attempted to make more of my relationship to Andrew than what it was. It was nothing more than a casual aquaintance of a relative by marriage.MORE »

My funny Valentine

By Lisa Gray, Restless Gray Girl

Thing 2 wants nothing to do with hearts, red and pink construction paper, and any mention of kissing will prompt the gag reflex. A babysitter once shared that he seemed anxious on one of her visits. She asked him what was wrong, and he asked if he HAD to get married when he grew up. She said no...it wasn't a law or anything. The weight of the world appeard to be lifted from his shoulders.MORE »

Working for my peeps (not Peeps)

By Lisa Gray, Restless Gray Girl

I called my sister last weekend and asked her to meet me in the Twin Cities. I had a meeting with ART and I told her we'd be "working for the gays." She suggested that somehow we try putting "working for our gay peeps" into our mission statement.MORE »

True north...or is it south?

By Lisa Gray, Restless Gray Girl

Despite the fact that someone once told me my heart points true north, I wouldn't know true north if, by some act of God, I was facing true north. This can surely be catalogued as another one of my father's greatest disappointments in life. Three out of four offspring pass the directions test. I am the flunkee.MORE »

Save the last dance for me

By Lisa Gray, Restless Gray Girl

My kids got a disco strobe light recently. A friend decided it was just what we needed to christen a large space that we have that seems to scream, "Dance Party!"MORE »

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