I have watched for years as a Facebook acquaintance grappled with the loss of her sister from cancer. First, it was news of bad tests. Then, it was the hope of remission. Then, more bad tests. Then, less hope. Then, it was only a matter...
Today was a bad day. The last few days I've been having an email battle with my ex over (what else?) money. It's ALWAYS about money. My ex makes more money than 99% of Americans and he will dicker with me over $90 for our...
My oldest is 5 years old, so that means I haven't celebrated New Year's Eve in any significant way for six, pregnant, breastfeeding, infant, toddler, kid years. But this New Year's Eve, I was lacking all of these things because the kids left for their...
We have several wooden, peg puzzles for our children. I started purchasing them when our first child, our daughter, was barely a year old. We have letters, numbers, shapes, colors, animals...
The first draft of this essay was written in early October. I stopped writing it because I did not fully understand what I was trying to say. It started as a revelation of one of my most shameful coping mechanisms. I stopped myself from going...