The other night while getting ready for bed, I yelled to my husband, “Look at this! What the fuck is this!? Oh my god, I have hair sprouting from my big toes!!!” “It’s just hair.” “BUT FROM MY TOES!?” The older I get, the hairier I’m getting! Last week, while […]
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6 Ways C-sections and Vaginal Childbirth Are the Same
By Ambrosia Brody of Random Aspects of (my) Life My first daughter arrived at 39 weeks. On Thanksgiving Day. Her entrance came via emergency c-section after hours of pushing with little progress. You don’t know exhaustion until you’re trying to push a human out for hours on no fuel and […]
STOP Taking Pictures of Memories You Aren’t Having
By Eileen Turay of Liv and Leen A family of five stood with their three daughters (aged approximately 3, 6, and 8) in line at the pumpkin patch. They had their cute little matching dresses on with their hair pulled back with matching bows, and they were arguing about who would get to go […]
Enough with the School Dress Code Bashing
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Melissa Fenton of 4boysmother.com School prepares young people for life. It educates boys and girls across all fields of study, preparing them to be of value to society in whatever career field they choose. No surprises there. But when we keep that into perspective, when we […]
Our Hands Are for Good Things
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Briton Underwood of Punk Rock Papa Our hands are for good things. Our hands are for kindness. Our hands should never hurt another. For a time in my life I wore a WWJD bracelet on my wrist. For those not in the know, it stands […]
When Your Significant Other Gets a Significant Diagnosis
By Lauren Salkin of Think Spin My husband, son and I sit in the urologist’s waiting room. It’s New Year’s Eve; a skeleton staff runs the office. I hope it isn’t a prognostic metaphor. After several minutes, a nurse appears and herds us off to a conference room, down a […]
Genocide: How Can We Claim Abortion is Anything Other Than That?
The pecan-size heart beats irregularly. It can be see through translucent skin. A tiny fist opens and closes spasmodically. Then, like the proverbial Thanksgiving turkey, Baby A is carved into anatomically correct pieces. Preserved is a liver here, a brain there. With limbs, spleen and kidneys, all are packaged, labeled […]
Sh*t Happens Next Door: Finding My Voice as My Daughter Finds Hers
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Ashley Lamb-Sinclair of Beautiful Junkyard Last week my daughter and I went to TJ Maxx and I, big and pregnant, had to pee upon arrival. We went into a two-stall women’s restroom, and I could smell immediately that it was occupied. But Mama had to […]