When my ex-husband and I decided to have kids, I was determined to have boys. I don’t know why I wanted boys, I just did. It may have…
I’m just going to come out and say it; I’m glad I’m not a woman. From what I see, being a woman kind of sucks. Now hold on.…
Sometimes I lie awake at night thinking about how shitty our world is. How terrifying it is to raise tiny humans among the ignorance and hate. How little…
I need to interrupt your newsfeed for this quick alert: black people are tired. I shouldn’t speak for everyone but as for myself: I am TIRED of being…
At the end of every day, we practice gratitude with our children. Each of us names something we are thankful for that either happened that day or in general. The…
Sometimes kids get an attitude and talk back. Shocking, I know. Occasionally our children are a little too big for their britches and like to correct every minor…
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…
When he was small, he would ask me to sleep with him every night. “Please sleep with me, Mom.” And most nights I would. I would snuggle in…
Over the weekend I was cruelly reminded of my age when I took my daughter to Forever 21. I was one of the oldest customers. Talk about a…
I never ever planned to homeschool. When I got pregnant with my first child, my plan was to quit my job as a high school teacher and stay…