These are real life things people have said to me in public places. I’m sure most of us hear at least one of these remarks every time we leave the house. I bite my tongue and smile politely with a humble response (usually), but the responses in my head are […]
By Jocelyn Cox of The Home Tome Sometimes my husband and I talk about having a second child. Then I remember: pregnancy. Which causes me to remember, among other physical discomforts, heartburn. Truthfully, heartburn is the perfect descriptor for that burning sensation in your chest that escalates during pregnancy. But […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Gina Sampaio of Sister Serendip Right after college, while I was still young and foolish, I decided to be a hippie for a little while. I didn’t go whole hog. I mean, I never changed my name to, like, Celestial Butterfly or anything. One of […]
By Darla Halyk of NewWorldMom I’m just going to blurt it out: I have a vibrator (or 3.) I don’t think they’re called vibrators; maybe dildos? I don’t know. What I do know is one of them has a face on it. Creepy, right? The reason, or so I was […]
By Gina Sampaio of Sister Serendip 1. My kid is going to teach your child a bad word. Maybe not of the four-letter variety, but she’s sort of an expert at stringing together verbs and body parts until she gets a combination that gets a charge out of her four […]
I am a chronic worrier. I even have meds for that. I shudder to think of how bad the worrying would be without them, because right now? OHMYGOD IT’S BAD. Fellow chronic worriers? Tell me you don’t feel me. Here are things only chronic worriers will understand. 1. You […]
There are just some things about parenting that no existing English words can quite capture, which is why we’ve come up with 16 new words you simply can’t live without. Check them out, and have fun using your new vocab. The kids are gonna think you’re so hip. I started […]
I am a tired mom of two toddlers and some days getting out of bed seems like too much effort. Making dinner, the last real task I have to complete before putting the kids to bed, takes so much thought and effort and fortitude, and sometimes I just don’t have […]