By Britta Eberle of This is Motherhood Recently I saw a thread on social media in which other introverted parents were lamenting how they never get to be alone anymore. One of the people on the thread hadn’t been home alone for over a year. She said that since her […]
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The Time Celebrity Booty Almost Saved My Marriage
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] I was sitting at home one night, minding my own business…. Yeah. See what I did there? I’m not even one microsecond into my tale and I am already lying. It’s just that I’m a little embarrassed by the way I spend my evenings. I shall […]
The Day Technology Betrayed Me…And I Betrayed My Friend
I have a dear friend. Perhaps I must say that I had a dear friend. At this point I know not. I may never know how my cell phone, which was laying on my coffee table, turned on and dialed Jan. Jan then heard a lengthy conversation that I was […]
An Open Letter to Mythical Holiday Entities
Dear mythical holiday entities, While my children may adore you because you bring them presents, candy and money, I DO NOT. You are spoiling them with all the electronics and junk food. When I was young, the Easter bunny brought me an egg filled with some sort of caramel-like substance […]
Why That Elf on the Shelf Is Staying in Its Box
By Ambrosia Brody of Random Aspects of My Life It’s that time of year again! Time to pester my husband to go up to the attic to lug all the Christmas decorations so I can pilfer through them. One item I’m hiding under the extra wrapping paper is the damn Elf […]
The Laugh-Cry: 10 Sure-Fire Triggers
By Julia Arnold of FranticMama.com You know the times in your life when you can’t really muster an all-out sob fest because the situation doesn’t quite merit real, actual tears, and you can’t explode into joyful laughter because that would just be too twisted, but something needs to come out? […]
Minnie is a WHAT?: The Great Gender Discussion
Everyday my daughter runs in from school, rushes right to her bedroom, and grabs her lovey — i.e. a severed animal head slapped on a small, satiny cloth. Yes, this toy is as terrifying as it sounds, but it is her toy. Everyday she snuggles it, every night she sleeps […]
9 Reasons I Seriously Miss Having a Toddler (Yes, You Read That Right!)
By Mary McLaurine of The Heart of Sassy Lassie 1. The Make-Up Hug After the exhausting temper tantrum of epic proportion begins to wane and the flailing arms and rubber-legged portion of the battle subsides, it finally arrives—that moment of inevitable collapse. It is then the bleary, tear-stained face of […]