Let’s just put it all out there because I know that I’m not where my early 20’s self had imagined I’d be after turning 36. I think in…
I feel like right before you are about to engage in sexy business with your partner, the Reproductive Fairy should appear and tell you this: “Please see Terms…
You know how parenting is mostly telling people stuff you would have thought was just common sense, and then repeating yourself until you think you sound crazy, right?…
I don’t fly. Ever. But I used to. I come from a family of avid travelers and grew up with parents who, for some sadistic reason, thought it would…
We’ve been together for what seems like forever, raising our kids, living our lives. We have an acceptable level of physical intimacy but sometimes I wish things were…
My daughter thought she and her brother were both inside of me and I picked him to be born first. Now that she is a tween, her hormonal…
In my ten years in education-from managing group homes for teens in state’s custody to teaching in STEM academies and classrooms for second chance students who were previously…
While walking through a big box store, I spotted a large toy for kids. Busy shoppers rushed by and ignored my obnoxious sigh. The toy was doused in…
How many years has this insufferable display been on television? I can’t bring myself for 30 seconds to research this shitshow, so I don’t know for certain, but…
Let’s face it, fellow mamas, these are trying times. From carrying the weight of self-inflicted mom-guilt to navigating sneaker-filled obstacle courses that spread virus-style to every room of…
On the surface, getting a piercing is just that, a piercing. What can you learn about yourself or the world from putting a hole in your body? I…
When you try new things, they don’t always work out. When I was younger, my step-mother told me that if I had seven olives in a row, I…
When I was growing up, my father and step-mother entered a car rally each year. For those unfamiliar with car rallies, it is like a scavenger hunt in…
Aging increasingly has a negative connotation. Here are some of the reasons why being fifty brings benefits, a source of pride, and let’s face it, why this milestone…