When I was 14 and graduating from junior high school, I wore what I damn well pleased. “What I damn well pleased” happened to be a slinky evening gown. It was a basic slinky evening gown, mind you, sleek and powder blue without frills. Since I was a late bloomer, I stuffed my foam bikini […]
The day is over. The moon is hanging in an inky sky. Adorable yawns stretch sweet lips and rumpled pajamas have been on for a while now. It is time for the little ones to go to sleep. You take their hands and lead a parade to their bedrooms. One by one you go through […]
One of the many awesome things about being a kid is that life hasn’t dumped too many responsibilities on them yet, smothering their funny bones into the exhausted and only slightly amused calcifications that live in the arm bends of us grown-ups. Kids find joy and laughter in the smallest of moments and most ridiculous […]
The most chocolatey time of the year is here! While Valentine’s Day is targeted mostly toward romantic relationships, we moms know it’s for all kinds of sweethearts. Once you have kids, it’s hard not to give them a little something on February 14th to show you love them. In return, kids always give their moms […]
I am so excited about Super Bowl Sunday! For those of you who don’t know, it is a sports-ing thing during which two teams go on television to have a match to determine who gets to go home with a metal football stuck atop a tall triangle. The bestest player that day gets his own […]
I hear you are about to become a parent for the very first time. Congratulations! A baby! What a gift! Speaking of gifts, you’re going to have to set up a baby shower registry to ensure you get all the gear and gizmos that those of us in charge of itty bitty human beings need. […]
I confess to not being the greatest at math, so when I heard right before I was about to have my first kid that there was a fourth trimester, I did a bit of fact-checking. I mean, I was pretty sure a nine-month pregnancy broken down by TRImesters meant I’d have only three of them: […]
A nice thing about being a grown-up is that—with a little help from our BFF coffee—we can stay up late to go out on a date with our beloved any time we want to. Sometimes this is decided on a whim, others it’s planned far in advance. In both cases, it sounds a lot easier […]
#6. People who insist that breastfeeding is “so easy” when you are struggling with it deserve a taco karate chop.
#17. 12 cups of hot cocoa a day is not what the doc meant when he said to “stay hydrated.” Killjoy.
#6. Bribing your kids with sticky lollipops to make it through the wait is a mistake you will only make once.
#9. Does it matter that my lady garden is more of a jungle, since I haven’t been able to tend to it?
