You know when you see acquaintances on Facebook posting pictures of grand family adventures, babies strapped snugly to Daddy’s chest as they watch sunsets in far-flung places? You…
I have a confession to make. It isn’t something I’m terribly proud of, but it is a singular, honest truth about myself and I want to come clean…
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I had a teacher back in high school, an ex-nun who liked to stir the pot with her line of thinking. Nothing else about her seemed extraordinary—she was…
I have a 13-year-old daughter, and for those of you with teenagers (or even those of you with at least one working eye that have been in the…
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,…
It’s hard to let a negative situation just be what it is and to accept that we will not be able to figure it out this time nor…
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…
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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.…
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