May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Originally, I was going to give a few "how to's" related to loving someone with mental illness, but today...
I took my query to Google in equal parts bewilderment and amusement after my husband marched into my home office yet again that day,...
Waiting and Thoughts of the Door to the Left
I have always liked this office, the receptionist is ultra friendly, the magazines are always newer,...
I'm not a meal planner. I don't love cooking and trips to the grocery store are the bane of my existence most days. I'd...
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." —Annie Dillard
The baby had gone down with relative ease; I'd just...
Getting married and having children before my peers put me at a disadvantage for group playdates and mommy outings, but being the first to...
I am a stay-at-home mom, and I'm not ashamed to say that I love it. I don’t miss working. I don’t miss answering to...
Some topics elicit strong reactions from people. I have found that among women, one of these topics is what you do with your last...
In January, just a few weeks after the birth of our second daughter, my husband was unexpectedly offered a new job in my small...
Alton Sterling has died. Alton Sterling was shot by a police man, while on the ground. Alton Sterling was Black.
I am a multiracial mom...
Some of you act as you've never buried your husband, and it shows. That's why there's an International Widows' Day. To most people, this...
We are facing a new frontier in this era of parenting. As women in the post #Metoo movement, we are trying to raise our...
I first lost my virginity when I was a teenager. I knew all about birth control and safe sex, I wasn't afraid to talk...
Mine
If you ask her who I am, she points to herself and states, “Mine.” Continuing on with her important business without so much as...

























