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 […]
Parenting
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 […]
I Wish I Weren’t a Liar: On Talking About Infertility
By Ambrosia Brody of Random Aspects of My Life I wish I weren’t such a liar. I wish that I could lean in close to my best friend and tell her the truth when she asks if I’d like another baby. “Actually, there’s something I’ve been wanting to tell you.” I’d […]
Call Girls Pretty and 15 Other Things You Can’t Let Boys Do
By Samantha Wassel of Between the Monkey Bars Raising boys isn’t as simple as it used to be. Look around you—online, at the playground, in the newly-neutralized toy aisles of Target—and you’ll notice that traditional gender lines are becoming blurrier by the second. You’ll also notice people getting their panties (or […]
Where Art Thou, My Beloved Kitchenware?
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Kristina Hammer of The Daily Rantings of an Angrivated Mom Everyone knows all about the Sock Trolls and Binkie and Tooth Fairies. Dust Bunnies and those two devilishly mischievous and invisible characters- Nobody and Somebody. You’ve heard tales about the Land of Lost Things. About […]
He Probably Is a Bad Guy, Part 2: 5 Steps to Self-Defense
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Eileen Turay of Liv & Leen This is a follow-up post to “He Probably is a Bad Guy: Putting Your Safety Over ‘That Guy’s Feelings.” So we’ve been told to listen to our guts as a means to keep ourselves safe and that we should […]
Child Loss… Eleven Years Later
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Jill Powell of Walking with Drake Twelve. Twelve years old. I have so many questions, wonders, and thoughts. Would your hair be thin like mine, or would you have hair more like your dad—rich, thick and a beautiful brown? I’m so jealous of that man’s […]
What You Should Know About Pediatric Stroke
He lay there in the Intensive Care Unit, tubes and needles and machinery seemingly growing out of each inch of his body. With every beep of the alarm, every nurse’s frantic rush to his side to check his vitals, my chest tightened, my stomach twisted, and a piece of my […]