Oh, hey! Did you know there are a million ways to distract yourself from reality when you go on social media? That’s right, you can pretend the Russians…
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…
There were so many days in those first few weeks when I questioned my sanity, and my worth as a mother. When my daughter was born, she simply…
I had the distinct pleasure of trying to find a Hallowe’en costume for my kids just two days before the actual day. It also happened to be the…
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…
The house is silent. My son is napping and my husband has gone to work. I quietly open the door to the pantry, and blindly grab for it.…
I remember when, shortly after my first baby was born, it became apparent that she was unable to latch. We had left the hospital hopeful, because I thought…
I never wanted to be a teen actress in Hollywood. Either you get cast as a princess, a spoiled rich girl, an “ugly duckling” who needs to be…
It’s been three weeks. Three weeks since I thought I might be dying. Three weeks since the night I was woken at 2am by my son asking to…
My heart hurts, right now. You see, I just realized something incredibly important, something that I have perhaps neglected in my own life too much. I am always…