My husband grew up Amish and I talk shit online. You’re curious, I get it. How did this happen? Before I married into an Amish family all I…
It’s no secret that having multiple kids can really split your time, efforts, and finances. It can also weaken even the strongest parents’ preconceived notions of how they’ll…
I like to dress up, do my hair, wear make-up and paint my nails. Those are some of the rituals I do to feel pretty. I like to…
Let me take you back. Back to a time when maybe only one of your friends had a cellular phone. And it was the size of a brick.…
You know you’re the older mom when you have been at school longer than some of the mothers have been moms. You catch yourself saying things like, “Back…
“I think I should write a blog post about dealing with a hangry person,” I told my husband, after I’d just recovered from one of my notorious hanger…
My kids are awesome. I’m sure yours are, too. The best kids that ever walked the earth. (We can argue that point later.) But my kids can be…
It’s another 90-degree Los Angeles day. I close my eyes. Not because I’m enjoying the sun or having a meditative moment. I’m closing my eyes because I’m sitting…
Most people are familiar with the “Five Stages Of Grief” made popular by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in the early 70’s. Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance are all part…
I lost my first child. I.Lost.My.First.Child. I lost my daughter. Yes, even typing it over and over I feel like I’m writing about someone else’s life. How can…