When I was 14 I saw my first porno mag in my father’s armoire. He had passed away two years earlier and I was searching for photos for an album I was making my mother. At the bottom of the drawer, beneath countless 4×6 packs of Kodak film, belts, and Father’s […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Cars have always been a big part of family life. Parents shuffled kids to friends’ houses, school and practices. Families loaded up for road trips. But cars have evolved over the decades. The family cars we recall from childhood have given way to a new batch […]
So, breastfeeding is a choice, and I respect all the other choices out there, but for me, it has been an important part of becoming a new mommy and connecting with my baby girl. The nutritional value, the antibodies, and the other medical mumbo jumbo — that’s all great, but […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Andrea Rosas Howe of The Howe To Blog And just like that, after months of discussing and second-guessing, it was decided. We were one and done. I had never even heard the term “one and done” until eight months ago, when I Googled “pro/cons of having an […]
Mr. Sammich and I are Android people, which means we have only passing experience with Siri. From what I can tell, she can be a real unhelpful bitch sometimes. In fact, after I spent one particular weekend listening to my mother argue with Siri about everything from search results to […]
1. You haven’t a clue what developmental milestone your youngest is at. In fact, all those books that tell you about developmental milestones have been destroyed by one rampaging toddler or another. Except for the one that is propping up the uneven leg of the coffee table. 2. You call […]
By Audrey Sanchez of Two Dogs, One Cat, and a Baby “I dood it!” (I’ll do it) According to my mother, that was my first (and most frequently used) sentence. Twenty-eight years later and little has changed. Aren’t we all, to some degree, still our most spirited toddler selves? What […]
By Crystal Cook of The Qwiet Muse There is an unmistakable distinction between little boys and little girls that goes well beyond biology. Daughters and sons can be very different creatures. I’ve had the honor of raising both, but the girl child is my topic of discussion today. Before you think […]