By Celeste of And What a Mom! I am a sucky friend in a lot of ways. And you know what? You probably are, too. No offense, and perhaps you aren’t and this post has nothing to do with you, but the majority of female friends aren’t all that great. Don’t get me wrong. They’re […]
Sex and Relationships
I Wear Leggings as Pants, I Have Mom Hair, and IDGAF
By Celeste at And What a Mom! Apparently the hairstyle I’ve been wearing for the past two and half years is called “mom hair.” It’s the style you see on most women at Target that’s in an unbrushed ponytail on a head of hair that hasn’t seen a shower in a day (sometimes two). I […]
What Brock Turner’s Release Means for Parents
By Whitney Fleming of Playdates on Fridays Brock Turner gets released from jail Friday, September 2, 2016, after serving three months in Santa Clara County jail. For those of you not familiar, Mr. Turner, a scholar athlete and Olympic swimming hopeful, was convicted in March of three felony counts: assault with the intent to commit rape […]
Popular Facebook Post Shows How Unopened Wedding Present Helped a Marriage
Earlier this week, Love What Matters — a website, podcast series, and social media movement which has dedicated its various platforms and pages to celebrating the “moments in life that matter” — shared a beautiful, yet honest, post about love and marriage and everything in between. In fact, the story, submitted by Kathy Gunn, was so […]
Crumbs
By Rachel Bledsoe of The Misfits of a Mountain Mama There are crumbs on my couch. Speckled flecks from a leftover dinner. There are crumbs on my floors. I stepped on a Cheerio. The force of my foot caused a whole piece to turn into dusty crumbs. When I walked by those tan particles, the […]
Video Documenting Woman’s Domestic Violence Struggle Goes Viral and Sends A Powerful Message
Last week, Higher Perspective — a website which “seeks to bring together like-minded individuals [who are] focused on personal growth and expanding their consciousness” — shared a painfully powerful video on their Facebook page: A video about physical abuse. A video about domestic violence. And while the video made me shudder and cringe and cry, I refused […]
What a Hubby Will Do for Nookie. Besides Anything.
By Shelby Spear of shelbyspear.com It’s official. My guy will go to any extreme to get some shizzle. I came home from a six day vacation without him to a house that had been primped, primed, touched up and tinkered with. All in the form of a completed twenty-seven item honey-do list. The head scratcher is […]
Samara in Tinderland: One Woman’s Adventures in Online Dating
By Samara of A Buick in the Land of Lexus Tinder – lowering sexual standards since 2012. Tinder is the fast food of online dating – quick, cheap, and temporarily curbs your hunger. Although I’m sure people have met their significant others on Tinder – just given the sheer quantity using it – it has […]