Mom 101
It’s Never Too Late to Find Your Tribe
Being a new mom is isolating in itself—the strange hours, the all-consuming need of your baby. Then the kids get older, and just when you think you might have some time for yourself again, homework and extra-curricular activities kick in.
7 Mother’s Day Gift Ideas for 2019
If you’re looking for a gift for your Mom, or a Mom in your life, or even just want to get yourself a gift—here are a few things I love, want or think sound pretty cool.
I Had Hyperemesis Gravidarum and There’s No “Pushing Through”
My children are the greatest thing that has ever happened to me, but my pregnancies were traumatic, isolating events.
I’m ‘Directing’ My Man To Buy The Gift I Want For Mother’s Day. Is That So Wrong?
I don’t think it’s wrong to hint, encourage, or to even make it painfully obvious to our spouses or partners what us Mother’s REALLY want on Mother’s Day. It’s time we speak up!
To All the Amazing Dads Raising Daughters: Thank You
When I met my husband, he was a teenage boy with tattoos and an affinity for punk music. Today, he’s a 35-year-old man with (even more) tattoos and an affinity for punk music. He’s also an incredible father.
I Was Totally “Pretty Woman-ed!” Here’s What Happened
I was met with a salesperson who looked me up and down – TWICE – as if I were a bag of trash a raccoon had ripped into, instead of a customer and, more importantly, a person with feelings.
The Worst Decision Of My Life? Buying a Damn Scale To Weigh Myself
I don’t usually regret the choices I’ve made. Until I bought a scale last month, that is. Now, not only do I regret it, I want to place that scale on my driveway, so I can run over the damn thing with my car.
Would I Spend $20,000 For A Drug To Treat Postpartum Depression? Hell, Yeah!
This new intravenous drug has been shown in clinical trials to work within hours to treat the symptoms of postpartum depression, which affects about one in seven women.
I’m So Over Being The Bigger Person. Now I’m Teaching My Kids This.
Something in me snapped. I no longer wanted to be the bigger person on social media, or in real life. I asked myself, “Why are you being the bigger person here when people are such assholes?” So… I stopped.