What do you do when you wake up at 3 a.m., and you have been dreaming about your soon-to-be-ex husband, divorce papers filed? In your dreams of today,…
Back in high school I had a friend who was a guy. I had a few guy-friends, actually, but one was in love with me. (He thought he…
My husband and I successfully restarted our lives together as co-parents by occupying separate residences a number of years ago. Some consider this a failure from a marital…
The other day, I was chatting with a fellow mom/writer, and what started out as an embarrassing admission on my part about the state of my house, turned…
I spend a lot of time on social media. I have a lot of friends on social media. This post is for them. You don’t need to get…
In the past, I have admitted to my daughter that I can be an asshole. That I am less than perfect, as a mom, and that I have…
Moms, put away the black veil. There is no call for mourning every time your precious little one passes another milestone. However, you wouldn’t know this from all…
Social media is one of the best and worst inventions of our modern society. The world suddenly became a much smaller place, one where deep connections are just…
Deep breaths. Deeeeeeeeeeeeeep cleansing breaths. Inhale. Exhale. INHALE. EXHALE. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK! Why am I attempting to calm myself with yoga-like (and not-so-yoga like) breaths, you ask? Well, maybe you…
The truth for many of us lifers, chained to our loved ones by vows or a mutually signed mortgage, is that sharing a bed doesn’t mean we are…