If I could go back and tell my 20-year-old self something, it would be to set the bar lower when it comes to income potential. See, when we…
Today I’m fucking done. I say this to myself, tired and overwhelmed. I’m lying here and I’m feeling very sorry for myself. It’s indulgent and pathetic but there…
It’s 3 a.m. again and I’m wide awake. I don’t know exactly when this change began but if I added up all the starts and stops, it might…
It’s a simple yes or no. You don’t need to go to the post office, find a stamp, or even pick up a pen. Hell, you don’t even…
Today I was this close to bursting into big ugly sobs on an empty public school playground. After carrying my 4-year-old from the car, once we crossed the…
The internet is barfing up two opposing eye-roll-worthy lines of thought for how moms should handle summer with the kiddos: 1) HOW TO DO ALL OF THE THINGS…
We’re at Epcot waiting in line to go on the ride, Soarin’ Around the World. Soon we’ll be strapping ourselves in and, with the help of flight motion…
Studies I’ve read have shown that multi-tasking is bad for you. The article was full of lots of big words, and I was cooking while I was reading,…
“To G or not to G.” It sounds like a famous scene out of Hamlet, but it’s actually me sitting around pondering a breast reduction. Dramatic? Maybe, but…
Back to school! Hurray! Time to do the happy dance! Actually, ugh.. I suppose as a mother of multiple children I should be ecstatic that there is actually…
Summer is almost over. Most moms are up to their eyeballs in lists: school shopping, doctor appointments, cramming in that last bit of vacation fun. Some of us…
Oh, hi! I see you over there, watching me. That 10-gallon sunhat and those super cool BluBlocker knock-offs aren’t hiding your judgment as you sneer at me from…
I avoid confrontation at all costs. I’m not a fan of awkward situations or negative attention. Sometimes I wish I could be braver. I wish I could say…
When we live with a man it takes some time to get used to the not-woman stuff that comes with him. Beard scrapings in the sink, toilet seat…