By Samantha Wassel of Between The Monkey Bars To the woman struggling, the woman caught in the death grip of her eating disorder: I see you. I know you’re trying to hide — to disappear — but I see you. I see you because I was you. *** Do you […]
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Shadows of You: What Remains After Suicide
By Anna Rosenblum Palmer of Annarosenblumpalmer.com I haven’t thought of him in years. Maybe decades. He used to be my constant internal companion. When my parents took me to China, now a story of adventure, then a time of aching loneliness, he was with me every day. I remember the […]
Race Relations: Talking To My Five-Year-Old About Bias, Stereotypes, & Prejudice
By Richard Black of The Unfit Father I like to think I’m a good parent. Not great, but decent. My five-year-old daughter doesn’t vivisect cats, she’s not in a cult and she hasn’t developed a taste for human flesh. It’s a low bar and one with which I’m quite comfortable. […]
Since Becoming a Parent, I Don’t Give a Crap About These Things
Since becoming a parent, so much has changed. I’ve found new depths of love. I’ve rethought and reordered my priorities. I’ve purchased a product called a ‘snot-sipper’ and been delighted at how well it works. I’ve found fears I never knew I’d have. I’ve learned that ‘need’ and ‘want’ are […]
How to Tell You’ve Officially Become a Hick
By Michelle Riddell When you first move to the country after living in the city your whole life, you stick out like a perfectly manicured thumb. You don’t know the rules, the customs, or the subtle societal mores dictating behavior. You have misgivings about fitting in: Why doesn’t anyone else […]
What You Should Know About Boys Who Don’t Like to Wear Pants
By Jennifer Gregory of The Runaway Mama I absolutely love reading news articles about boys who don’t like to wear pants. The images that accompany these stories of smiling tweens in athletic shorts and hoodies standing in front of snow banks in frigid cities like Buffalo, NY or Pittsburgh, PA […]
How to Respond to Sexist Comments About Your Baby
By Jean Lomas-Hamilton of this slow process The comments started when she was two weeks old. “Now, little one, you watch out for those boys because we know what boys are like …” “She’ll NEVER date! Her dad will make sure of that.” “It’s too early for her to be hanging […]
Natural Childbirth and Inflatable Swimming Pools
By Jami Amerine of Sacred Grounds Sticky Floors I am old. This is what the new batch of our babies have to look forward to. They have an old mom. And she’s way behind the times. They will go to school with kids who were birthed into swimming pools…in their living […]