By Kara Martinez Bachman of karamartinezbachman.com I vowed I’d never have another filthy couch. But my dogs–because they know us better than we know ourselves–weren’t fooled. For years, I’d had boring, neutral, dark brown couches. Our family dogs would bound up to the cushions when they wanted to sit back […]
Humor
5 Things You Shouldn’t Say to a Sick Mom
By Heather Sadlemire I sometimes look back at my life before my daughter and choose to pretend I’m watching a slow-paced, sepia-colored movie montage scene, set to some meaningful melody. You know, by Fleetwood Mac. Or Taylor Swift. There are embarrassing teenage indiscretions. Hard lessons learned after even harder nights in […]
17 Hysterical Memes That Perfectly Capture the Struggle of Parental Exhaustion
When you become a parent, you experience a level of exhaustion you never knew was possible. Not even those all-nighters you pulled in college or the tired you experienced the day after a raging, pre-kids keg party come close to matching the soul-crushing weariness of parenthood. Whether it’s because you have […]
Hello Darkness, My Old Friend (A Tale of Rekindled Hatred)
By Rebecca Link It is Tuesday morning and I am rushing out of the house after getting into a petty argument with my husband over socks. I escaped with no baby puke on me, had time to throw on a little makeup so as to not look as awful as I […]
Love is a Battlefield: 5 Wars I’m Waging with My Husband
By Kate Chapman of This Life in Progress Gabe and I are in love. We snuggle sleepily in bed in the mornings, text sweet nothings to each other during the workday, and slow dance in our kitchen at night after the kids are in bed. We think similarly and are on […]
The Universe Called to Say Stay in Bed This Valentine’s Day
By Melinda Fargo of What Mel Did After years of enduring the Saint Valentine’s Day holiday, I may finally be ready to wave the white flag and surrender. Finally listen to the universe when it calls to say ‘Enough, already, stop doing this to yourself.’ I may take heed and […]
Valentine’s Day Before and After Kids
By Keenan McGrath of DearQueenan.com Before Children: You spend an hour browsing Hallmark, reading every card until you find the perfect mix of sweet sentiment and witty humor that encompasses the deep bond of love you share with your partner [adsanity id=”35664″ align=”aligncenter”/] After Children: You can’t find the one […]
Date Nights Are Kinda Bullsh*t When You Become Parents
By Sarah Hosseini The romance isn’t dead; it’s just different. Before I had kids, my husband and I bought into the whole “date night” thing hook, line and sinker. We’d go out to a restaurant at least once a week and label it “date night.” It was our big quality […]