I love my little Sour Patch Kid, but in our pre-Kindergarten summer she has developed a massive attitude problem (I’m about 92.5% sure it isn’t demonic possession). But,…
Sometimes you can just have a great day on the lake and not learn much about yourself. This wasn’t one of those days. I fear things; snakes, speed,…
It is Monday and I had a super busy weekend I should say. I have a child who is full of energy all day, who also thinks that…
Someone once advised me that there was “no blueprint for parenting” and that I would make plenty of wrong turns. I should be okay with that, he said,…
I cannot remember the last day that passed without news of American leaders doing something that isn’t in the best interests of the country’s citizens or its democracy.…
White women of America, Spare me a few moments of your time. Close your Pinterest window, tug on your favorite pair of leggings, and cozy up with a…
This is the battle anthem we needed. It is a rallying cry for the ages. We need to scream and pound our chests together, we need to know…
For decades I have been trying to conform to a greater sense of normalcy. Maybe it was because I always felt different as a child. “The one who’s…
I thought I could do it. I thought I was strong enough and far enough from my own experiences of sexual assault and harassment to wade into the…
We lived in Melbourne for three years. We had a flat in South Melbourne, walking distance to the Botanical Gardens. We spent many weekends in the gardens, but…
As a new mother, I gave up Stephen King and New Yorker cartoons and filled the minutes before bed with “how to raise a perfect child” literature. By…
“This is the most boring day of my life,” I thought. As I was only nine years old, that may have been true. That day, my family was…
So someone you know is having a hysterectomy. It’s a fairly common major operation, and as such, not a ginormous huge deal. But what a lot of people…
I am always amazed by those parents that claim to be ‘friends’ with their children. Not only because I feel it is inappropriate to be friends with your…