I’ve come face to face with two ugly truths this week. The first is that my children don’t respect my authority. This is most evident at nap time…
Some days I’m tired, more tired than I care to admit. The kind of exhaustion I only remember from the time in college when I stayed up for…
That, my friends, is how the brain of a teenage girl works. The other night, we had a bit of a stand-off over here. The Teen is pretty…
All this gay talk in DC with SCTUS debating same sex marriage and POTUS calling for a ban on LGBTQ conversion therapy because well, that’s just freakishly barbaric. Whose idea was…
Allow me to introduce my Aunt Batsy. She is my Dad’s oldest sister. And it would be impossible to truly ever explain her to anyone. But I’m going to…
When you marry your significant other, there should be something written in the vows about inheriting family baggage. Before the ink is dry on the marriage certificate, some…
When you’re standing at the altar, repeating, “For richer, for poorer. In sickness and in health,” you’re probably thinking some combination of, “Spanx make me sweaty,” “My nipple…
Expecting your first child is an exciting time (when I say an exciting time, exciting for you and your partner – boring as hell for everyone else). “We…
This column is for all the moms, dads and grandparents who have, or once had, preschool-age children who watched everyone’s favorite primate on television. As I’m sure some…
It seems that there are superheroes everywhere you turn. New summer movies will be gracing the big screens any day now, and comic book television dramas are sure to…