If it were possible right now to take our big ol’ Land of Liberty and roll it up, squish it inward and mold it into an actual person,…
Through the ages, women have been expected to live up to rigorous and ridiculous standards of beauty. We should always be grooming and looking our best, have zero…
I live with a bully I can’t escape. She whispers in my ear–every hour of every day, every month of every year. Here are some of the things…
I’m a writer by trade and a mom blogger to boot, so when it comes to trolling, I admit that I kind of signed up for this. Still,…
My kids are teens. By now I assumed I wouldn’t have to plan every fricken’ moment of their schedules like when they were toddlers. Yet here I am…
When I was growing up, tickling was a kind of torture used by my older brother, and neither crying nor peeing could save you. Your only option, if…
There is something I need to get off my chest. So, I’m just going to come right out and say it: I’m an atheist. There. I’ve said it.…
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…
I was that kid with hair so long I’d have to brush it to the side before sitting down lest I strain my neck when the weight of…