Would sex make you feel better? Look, I’m sorry for walking into the toilet when you had the door shut. I thought that was a weird place for…
I loathe the word stepfather. He is so much more than the word insinuates. My now-husband and I dated long distance for a year. He worked in London;…
According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, over the period of 2012-2013 (the most recent statistics we could find), more than 40,000 women in Canada had a hysterectomy. If those numbers blow your mind, we hope you’re sitting down right now because the National Women’s Health Network in the United States reports a staggering
I don’t know about you, but I HATE car rider lines at my kid’s schools! Even worse, when you have to do parent drop-off in person! I love…
A typical morning, in a typical home, that harbours a typical teenager of any gender. Translated for the parents of offspring who became teenagers while they weren’t looking,…
My fourteen-year-old daughter and I are close. I’ve always been forthcoming and candid (within reason) about my own life experiences and views. Because of this, our conversations tend…
Dealing with an ex who has borderline personality disorder (BPD), the other B-word, can be trying. The experience can become amplified if you have children together and must…
Good dads never lie. What bull. All parents lie to their kids, including moms—even BLUNTmoms. Parenting is the world’s hardest job, and childrearing survival often demands parental fictionalizations.…
A woman usually has a companion called discomfort when she visits her gynaecologist; a word whose meaning covers everything from ‘yes, a little cold’ to ‘sorry I screamed’.…
When I sent my son to Catholic school, my goals were selfish. I thought it would keep him from drugs, alcohol, wild women, and he’d let me sleep…
I love my mother. She was an avid gardener, cat-lover, and an amazing crafter and decorator. Her garden was full of vegetables that she canned and shared with…
A lot of people wonder what it’s like to have anorexia, but I know all too well. My eating disorder and I coexisted for five years (age 11-16).…
Little white lies. We’re all guilty of using them, whether it’s to protect someone’s feelings or to get out of attending the fifth Pampered Chef party invitation we’ve…
Since my double mastectomy, I often have phantom boob pain in spite of the fact that there is no tittie tissue connecting to any nerves. I’m caught by…