Many mother-daughter bonds are forged on shopping trips, to the cadence of a credit card authorizing, of racks of hangers parting, of faint R&B music cascading through dressing rooms. My mother…
I learned a useful term from my millennial daughter: problematic fave. She and her friends used it to describe a beloved person (usually a character) who they loved…
Listen up all of you who are the owners of uteruses (even if you haven’t used yours), we have a job to do that goes well beyond diapers…
People have been hunting since the dawn of time to provide essential sustenance us humans. Picture a loincloth clad, sweaty, dirty, muscular man with untamed hair and piercing…
If you really want to chat about a worthwhile debate, then come sit by me. Families, like mine, all over the country are counting down to Decision Day. …
Beware the Fun-suckers – they are everywhere. I was helping out at my daughter’s school for Halloween desperately trying to figure out how to best arrange apple slices…
My mom was not a fully present mom. Physically, she was there. She made sure we were properly clothed and properly fed. She ensured that our necessary comforts…
Around 5 am, the phone buzzes an early morning email from the Commander of the child abuse unit, a possible sexual assault of an 11-month-old, details are still…
Covid has gotten the blame for many things. Closing of schools, fairs, and concerts canceled, businesses going bankrupt plus many more. Now I’m adding the ability to keep…
I grew up in a staunch conservative household. As a family, we would protest abortion at the annual March for Life. I recall marching down the streets of…
Ok, to be fair, school fundraisers aren’t alone in sucking. Hockey fundraisers suck. Dance fundraisers suck. Gymnastics fundraisers suck. You get the idea. Schools will hock just about anything these…
When I was younger, I honestly believed that my teachers lived at school. Imagine my surprise when I saw one of them out in the world, in the…
Every once in awhile, some genius decides to start a conversation about “work life balance.” This makes me want to start a conversation about “the number of quacks…
Planning a Halloween costume with tweens is an epic process. If it is the dreaded group costume, it will be a roller coaster of emotions, tears (mostly yours)…