Aimee, as you point out, your mistake happened a long time ago and you are trying to do the right thing. That makes you a fabulous role model for Em. The fuckers who are making your life miserable because it makes them feel important? Smite them! (Pretty please?)

Meanwhile,

Newsman Geraldo Rivera has become a father for a fifth time, after welcoming the birth of his baby daughter on Tuesday.

Back when I was a wee young thing growing up in the 'burbs of NYC, Geraldo was on the local news and called himself Gerry Rivers.

Smite them! (Pretty please?)

May they suffer from errant ingrown pubic hairs.

That's a good one! Not too dastardly, but really uncomfortable (I imagine) and probably embarrassing for non-Bitches.

Aims, what everyone else says is true. I know it's hard not to beat yourself up, but STOP.

Aims, what everyone else says is true. I know it's hard not to beat yourself up, but STOP.

Yep, yep, yep. You are not a bad mother, having financial difficulties does not make you a bad mother (or person!), so PLEASE stop beating yourself up.

Wanna know what's really nummy? Fried zucchini! Mmmmm...

Fried zucchini!

Oh god, I haven't had that in YEARS. So. Good.

Oh god, I haven't had that in YEARS. So. Good.

And SO EASY. I always thought it was this big production, so I never made it. Tonight I called my mom to see how she used to make it. When she told me, I was like, "That's it?"

Aimee, what they all said. I can tell many horror stories of financial messes in my life. Not a whole lot of parents that don't have such tales. You and Joe are wonderful parents and Em is so damn lucky.

You made it? At home? And it was easy? I enjoy a nice fried zucchini but I never thought of them as makable.