By Kelly Coon of kellycoon.com I work part-time from home. Many of you probably think that my day centers around watching Chopped seasons 1-4 whilst folding laundry and occasionally checking my Outlook calendar. You’d be (99%) wrong. I’m an editor. And a writer. And a vacation rental owner/sales lady/marketing executive […]
By Heather Burnett of Word to Your Mother I’ve read a lot about epic mom fails and bad mom stories today, and while they made me laugh so hard I may or may not have peed my pants, they cannot hold a candle to my dysfunction. I have three kids—two […]
Trump has fired Sally Yates, the acting Attorney General, after her refusal to support the recent refugee ban. Stating that she “betrayed” the current administration, Trump has ordered Dana Boente, United States attorney to the Eastern District of Virginia, to serve as acting Attorney General until Jeff Sessions, Senator from Alabama, […]
Nobody puts baby in a corner, but Finland has been putting newborn babies in boxes since 1938, and now the US is following suit. Putting your baby in a cardboard box might sound strange, but these box programs aim to lower the infant mortality rate by providing parents of newborns […]
By Joanna McClanahan of Ramblin’ Mama This weekend alone, the American Civil Liberties Union received more than $24 million in online donations from 356,306 people, an ACLU spokesman told the Washington Post. That pales in comparison to the donations the ACLU received in the weeks following Trump’s election this past […]
By Shannon Brescher Shea of We’ll Eat You Up, We Love You So Of all of the think pieces I’ve read on dealing with Donald Trump’s presidency, there is one small, furry voice that we haven’t heard from: Elmo. What on earth would innocent Elmo have anything to do with […]
By Jenny Jones of Life’s a Polyp For those of us with a rare disease or other chronic illness, it doesn’t take much to relate to one another regardless of the diagnosis. Our commonalities create an instant bond, an instant understanding of another’s life with chronic illness. We don’t need the […]
By Joanna McClanahan of Ramblin’ Mama Not all heroes wear capes. As it turns out, some of them wear ranger hats. Last week, Lord Voldemort Trump was sworn in as President. (For those who missed it: Trump gave a nationalistic speech, Melania looked like a war prisoner, and Kellyanne Conway […]