By Ambrosia Brody of Random Aspects of (My) Life “I’ll never forget this,” I vowed to my husband as we drove to the hospital three years ago. “It hurts so bad.” In that moment, it is unthinkable to imagine a time when you won’t remember how a contraction feels, the […]
By Crystal Cook of The Qwiet Muse When I was a little girl I couldn’t understand the phrase, Choose your words wisely, for someday you may have to eat them. (I thought it was silly; just silly.) But the first time I tasted the bitterness of words misspoken, I understood exactly what […]
By Lela Casey For most of my life I was considered a nice person—perhaps too nice, even. I went out of my way to be kind to people and often had trouble saying no. And then I had my first child, and something inside me switched. A darker, self-righteous version […]
By Kelly Arnell of Why Did We Have To Have All These Kids Anyway? I’m sure you have already watched or are in the middle of watching Netflix’s new series, “Making a Murderer.” I’ve lived in Northeastern Wisconsin all my life. There would be no need to avoid “spoilers” on this […]
By Christine Organ of www.christineorgan.com We parents love our photos. And our social media. Nothing wrong with that. Heck, in the shitstorm that is parenting, we have to grab the glimmers of goodness while we can, right? And because it’s hard enough to hold a baby, grab kitchen shears away from […]
By Britta Eberle of This Is Motherhood Last Saturday was cold, the kind of cold where you’re not sure if the car will start…and you don’t want to leave the house. I certainly didn’t want to go anywhere because I was just getting over a terrible respiratory infection — complete […]
By Melissa Janisin of goodnessmadness.com “If Carrie Fisher doesn’t like being judged on looks, she should quit acting.” That is the breathtakingly idiotic headline of an article in the New York Post in which Kyle Smith discusses Carrie Fisher’s reaction to online criticism of her appearance on the latest Star Wars […]
By Michelle Riddell Dear Family, Thank you all so very much for the Christmas gifts this year. Really, you’ve outdone yourselves. I am blown away by your attentive generosity and flattered that you know me well enough not to refer to the list I made you, again. I understand you […]