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What It’s Like to Be a NICU Mother
The first time I saw my baby he was only a tiny bundle wrapped in wires inside a plastic box, face obscured by a breathing mask and bathed in purple light. I cried. It...
Anonymous Stories in Motherhood :: I’m Scared to Send My Son to Middle School
Middle school.
It's a big step in the life of a child. They are moving from that young elementary kid to a pre-teen, discovering who they are, living through puberty, making friends, and beginning to...
What It’s Like to Have a Difficult Relationship With a Parent
To be honest, I am not quite sure how to start this story, but here it goes...
My mother and I have a complex relationship, to say the least. She is a great person and...
Mom Confession :: I Don’t Treat My Kids Equally
Recently I was in a situation with a family member – whom I’ll refer to as Grace. Grace stated, “I would never do something for one of my kids and not do it for...
Cavities :: An Unwelcomed First
We’ve had many firsts in our family that we’ve celebrated, some of which were a pretty big deal. We’ve also had some not so exciting firsts, and cavities were one of those unwelcomed ones.
According...
Preparing My Girls for the COVID-19 Vaccine
One minute it was 2019; a pretty good year in general. It was a time when we thought the year 2020 was going to bring nothing but new apps and more ways for our...
Anonymous Stories in Motherhood :: I Don’t Like My Husband’s Parenting Style
It's no secret that we all have different parenting styles. There are "crunchy mammas," helicopter parents, those with a more laid-back approach to parenting, strict parents, and so on. You have to do what...
A Holiday Gift Must-Have :: The Story of Gobbledy
Before I could write full-time, I worked at a greeting card company. Christmas started in May when catalogs and holiday material went to design. From design to proof, proof to print, print to customer....
The Challenges Of Teaching During A Pandemic
I'm in my second year as a middle school teacher. And while last year was challenging and frustrating for a variety of reasons, this year has been worse. And we've only been in school...
The Feelings Nobody Talks About While Waiting to Take a Pregnancy Test
I have been immensely lucky to have had three healthy pregnancies without much of a fuss.
Since the very early stages of each one of them, my body was eager to let me know that...
Finding My Pride
If you told me ten years ago that at age 36 I would be a proud and open member of the LGBTQ+ community, I would not have believed you. Not that I ever had...
Let’s Be Honest :: Reflections On Mother’s Day
Mother's Day has come and gone, and it's left me thinking.
Actually, if I'm being honest, I've had quite a few thoughts on this holiday for the past few years now; thoughts on how I...
A Love Letter to my Struggling, Doubting Daughter
My daughter has depression and recently tried to kill herself. We hospitalized her for her safety, and I'll write about that later - I know it's an important story to tell, but I'm still...
The Talk About the Birds and the Bees
Something unexpected happened this past Christmas. Between a trip to the zoo and going out to see Christmas lights, my eight-year-old started asking questions about her changing body.
And I was unprepared.
I had friends who...