So let’s be brutally honest here, many first marriages fail. What’s even more shocking? Second marriages with kids involved have an even worse track record. Let that sink…
What the hell happened to the kinder, gentler days when I was the center of my adoring husband’s world? There were no distractions like beer, football, video games…
I just sat there, listening to these young moms talk. I wanted to lunge across the table and SHAKE THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF THEM! If only I…
I’m worried that my kids don’t have enough “down time” to make friends. I am a mom of three young boys and I can’t stand hosting play dates…
My daughter has fallen in love with pop music. I’m not quite as taken with the synthesized tracks, but I recognize the lure of Top-40 is strong. I…
Dear second chin hair: I wanted to take a second to introduce myself. I realize I am quite overdue in doing so, but I spent the first year…
In case you are facing this stage of your life with kids, or are in the weeds already, read on. 1. You actually remember what this period of…
I take Prozac. There. I said it out loud. And it’s ridiculous, no, EGREGIOUS, that I’ve been afraid to say so for years. That I’ve felt forced…
I could hear her wailing as I walked by the playground; a little girl with tear-stained face and bright red cheeks was standing near her teacher. “I’m too…
If Shel Silverstein’s poem “Sick” had been written by a mom, this is how it would go: “I cannot go to work today,” Said this mom the other day.…