By Kristen Polito This past Labor Day, I rode my bicycle two cities over, slicing through humidity and foreboding, both of which felt so thick and heavy that I may as well have been treading water. Despite this, I was resolved to reach my destination and pay my dues. I […]
By Belinda Brock of belindabrock.com As I navigate Facebook, increasingly more ads have been cropping up. Sometimes when I am following a story, confusing and shifting arrows appear which try to trick and manipulate me into viewing information about a supposedly wonderful product or offer. I have played video games […]
By Barrie Bismark of Daily Dump Dinnertime. The most God-awful couple hours of the day at our house. It is pure hell from the instant we walk in the door. The kids turn into little demons and I lose complete control of my household, my children, and my patience. This […]
I love my dear husband. I am one of those rare creatures who loved him from the minute I saw him across the room at a frat party at the ripe old age of nineteen. Even though I was hot and heavy with someone else, we locked eyes, danced on […]
By Teresa Carlton of mamatriesblog Summer’s end has come. As a gal who has spent the last two months reveling in sunshine, lazy mornings, and pool time, I don’t welcome it. In fact, the end of summer leaves me feeling like a discarded teenage girl who has been unceremoniously dumped […]
By Heather Christie of heatherchristiebooks.com Money is a touchy subject. Like politics and religion, it’s not a topic that’s discussed in polite company. Often times, we don’t even talk to our children about it. Should they know how much money I earn? What my husband makes? How much we have […]
By Julie Burton of Bug Bytes I couldn’t sleep last night. There were monsters under my bed. Ok, that’s not true. They were in my phone. Fine. More like monsters in my head. And they weren’t monsters. They were people yelling at me. People named anonymous. These people read the New […]
By Michelle Riddell When you think about it, an elementary school is a microcosm of society. Nearly every facet of American culture is represented in the diverse assemblage of students, teachers, staff, and parents. And while schools like to emphasize their uniqueness and set themselves apart by, say, picking a […]