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Oh Yes, it’s Ladies Night!

May 2, 2011

I had a group of girlfriends over for ladies night one Friday night not too long ago. My daughters were going to be at home during the party. I told my daughters that they were welcome to stay up as late as they wanted (!) and that I would provide them with a DVD and [...]

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Safeword Role-Play (or Intro To S/M For The “Vanilla” Couple)

March 18, 2011

A girlfriend of mine (and fellow mother) related a story to me about a recent sexual encounter she recently had. **Explicit content** –  relatively speaking  :) She and her partner were having sex one evening.  The two of them proceeded to get a little rougher in their play than normal. It was at the point [...]

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Self-Love

October 15, 2010

My daughter asked me about sex again. Surprise, surprise. Marcia came back to me one day while I was folding laundry on the bed with another whopper of a question… and I was glad she did. She asked me if there were more ways to have sex and not get pregnant. If you recall from [...]

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…with a Bullet

September 22, 2010

True Story.  This is how it all started: I’m in the bathroom one morning brushing my teeth. In walks my eight-year-old Marcia. She is bored because she’s already ready for school and she’s looking for something to pass the time. She absentmindedly opens a drawer where the hairbrushes are and sees my bullet vibrator (I [...]

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Introduction to The MamaSutra

September 21, 2010

So this is it. I’m blogging some of the crazy, hilarious, poignant and precocious conversations that I’ve been having with my eight- and six-year-old daughters and other parents, mostly mothers. Some of these conversations have been awkward, but all of them have been learning opportunities. Teaching moments if you will. To give you a little [...]

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