The first time I saw the woman that would become my best mommy friend, she was walking in late to our weekly Breastfeeding 101 class at the motherhood…
I sat squirming uncomfortably in my chair, eyes glancing around at other parents, wondering if I was alone in my reaction. The Head of School at my sons’…
I pride myself on being described as the cool mom by my children. The one who can rock the “mom jeans”. I can out run all of my…
The year before my daughter left the house to attend college I began thinking about all the things I would be doing that I’d been denying myself for…
Screw you, ice cream man! You’ve ruined more than one perfect family dinner. We’re sitting around the table, eating and chatting about our day when we hear…
I often lament at the fact that I wasn’t a parent in the 80’s where my kids would play in the backyard virtually unattended and I would suntan…
I guess there existed a time in history, when mail was delivered by ponies. As such, if a letter or note failed to arrive, it was common to…
My husband and I agreed he would eventually have a vasectomy, since my gynecologist refused to prescribe me birth control pills after age 50. While I navigated through…
I’m an older parent; so old I actually remember the days of going to the playground with my kids B.C. (before cell phones). Back in those days of…
We never realize the full weight of our own significance, or how the strength and valor we project influences those around us. “You what?” I asked this ridiculous…