By Jill Morgenstern of Do Try This at Home The fun of summer vacation may be a distant memory, but don’t fret! You can add your particular brand of amusement to even the most mundane school carpool line or grocery run. Or do fret! Because, really, isn’t fretting part of […]
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Graduating to Mainstream: A Letter to My Son with Autism
By Rebecca Beck of Orthodox Sunflower Son, I cannot believe the time has come that you’re graduating special ed school. Has it really been 3 years since we made the tough decision to pull you out of mainstream school? I remember how much we agonized over whether it was the […]
To Hell in a Handbag: Why Moms Can’t Have Nice Things
by Mary Widdicks of Outmanned “It’s designer.” My husband beamed at me with such pride you would have thought he’d tanned the leather of the handbag himself with his own blood, sweat, and tears. I turned the large grey bag over in my hands, admiring the luscious purple lining and […]
What’s That Spot? Business Attire for the Working Mom
By Liv of Live By Surprise The one thing about being a working mother is, no matter how hard you try to leave the house without some bit of something on your clothing, you can’t. It must be some weird physics thing. There’s like a vortex or something from the […]
Why I Don’t Care That We Can’t Have Cupcakes at School
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Gina Sampaio of Sister Serendip Our school has what some may refer to as an insanely strict (while others may call it incredibly progressive) food policy for classroom parties. The rules go something like this: in a nutshell—no, wait, can’t have nuts, Sophia B. is […]
Top 10 Potential Ashley Madison Hackers
By Carrie of Carrie On, Y’all “Life is short. Have an affair.” The now-hacked Ashley Madison slogan seems pitifully out of place considering that 32 million people potentially searching for affairs may now be in very big trouble with their boyfriends, girlfriends, and spouses. Like all of America, I’m shocked, disgusted, […]
My Wife Nearly Died Giving Birth to Our Twins
By Briton Underwood of Original Bunker Punks “How do you do it?” The question everyone asks. People are in such wonder of twins. I mean, how could you possibly raise two at once? “It’s all we have ever known. We don’t know how to raise one. We have always had […]
What They Don’t Teach You in Childbirth Classes (But Should)
By Mumma McD of Toilets Aren’t for Turtles Mr. McD and I went to childbirth classes at our local public hospital when I was in the later stages of pregnancy with Little Miss. We never really discussed the pros and cons of going; we just went along because we were told to […]