Dear Mirror, I recognize you are only doing your job, but maybe we should reevaluate your job description. You were purchased to help with the random eyebrow hairs,…
Halloween is almost upon us and it’s time for kids around the country to start choosing what they want to dress up as! Well….it’s time for the boys…
We don’t owe you an explanation. No woman who has experienced harassment, assault, acts of “sexual deviance” – whatever name you want to apply to being sexually used,…
I awoke with a pounding headache, a kid’s foot in my face, and a crooked neck. Yet, in a few hours, none of that would matter because I had booked…
Dogs have been members of my family for almost my entire life. I grew up with mutts and my daughters are growing up alongside probably-mutts; I say “probably”…
Nobody ever bothers to answer the landline in our house. There’s really no reason to pick up the antiquated appliance, because every time it rings, it is either…
This is Alex. He’s a pretty cool kid if I do say so myself. He is clever, empathetic, funny and just plain sweet. Alex is 15 years old…
A strange thing happened when the calendar turned to the first “ber” month. Something called “Fall Bucket” lists started showing up all over social media claiming to be…
When I first became a stay-at home mom, I took great pride in keeping my house absolutely pristine. Not just tidy, you understand, but ORGANIZED. Each toy had…
When I was around seven years old I remember my Mother coming home after doing the groceries as she always did on Saturday mornings. This time, she was…
Like all adult children whose hoarding parents suddenly decide to clean house, I received a box of my childhood artifacts to take home. I gave the box a…
The Stomach Bug is an asshole. It busts into your house with no warning, assaults every family member in its path, and leaves you with nothing but a…
Yeah, we’ve all heard the jokes about the so-called “man cold.” And, you know what, maybe there is some truth there. I can’t speak for all men, but…
If you’ve done yoga and you have a vagina you might relate to the experience I had in my class today. Yoga isn’t really my thing; I go…