By Nicole Merritt of jthreeNme Ten years ago, I was graduating from a small(ish) Catholic college twenty minutes south of Boston. I was 22 and about to get married and move to Miami to begin law school. Ten years ago, I naively thought, “I’ve made it.” I’ve graduated college. (check!) […]
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How to Keep a Husband for at Least TEN Years
By Nicole Merritt of jthreeNMe.com In July of this year, my husband and I will celebrate our ten-year wedding anniversary. We got married back following my college graduation. I was only twenty-two at the time and him? Well, he was all good-looking at the prime age of thirty. There were […]
What We Say vs. What Parents Really Need to Hear
By Nicole Merritt of jthreeNMe I was just thinking today that there is a total disconnect, at times, between what we tell other parents versus what they really need to hear. For example, today I was privy to a prompt asking, “What is something every parent needs to hear?” Only […]
Here Are 10 Sh*ts You Shouldn’t Give in the New Year
If you are anything like me, you probably spend far too much time thinking about, crying over, complaining about or overanalyzing every single person or experience that you encounter. ENOUGH. Enough of that crap. Enough with expectations. Enough with anxiety. Enough with guilt. Enough with judgment. Enough with all […]
Ain’t No Shame in Your Filter Game
By Nicole Merritt of jthreeNMe I can already imagine the negative comments this article is going to receive. “Hypocrite.” “Fake.” “What a dumb b#tch.” Yep, I am quite sure that these are just a few of the ways I will be described; maybe not by you, but surely by quite […]
Mommy the Rapper: Trippin’ Through Target
By Nicole Merritt of jthreeNMe Well, she’s back again — Mommy the Rapper. She believes that it’s better to just drop singles for you instead of pleasing you all at once by dropping a whole album, ya know? If you want to check out Mommy the Rapper’s first two raps, […]
Lesson Learned After I Killed My Daughter’s Fish
By Nicole Merritt of jthreeNMe I killed my daughter’s fish. Ugh. No, like really…a big “UGH”!! Like my husband said to me, I’m surprised I didn’t kill it sooner. I’ll be honest with you, keeping kids and dogs alive — I’ve got that down. I can do that sh*t with […]