Listen to Your Mother...and other writing
Alterna-Swears: What to Say Instead of Using Profanity In Front Of Your Kids
OK, OK, just relax. Don't be fooled by the title- it would be impossible for me to completely eliminate my use of profanity. In my opinion, even the F-word has its place, and I am a firm believer that using the precise, calculated speckling of expletives can only...
HerStories: Friendships Form In the Most Unlikely of Places
HerStories, our new series on women's friendship, continues today with a powerful essay from Julie DeNeen. Read her story of how her connection with a woman she had never met brought her through a time of personal crisis. Friendships form in the most unlikely of...
Weekly Wrap-Up and HerStories Update
Wow, this week has been kind of huge! The fabulous Jessica of School of Smock and I introduced our new series on women's friendship, HerStories: Tales of Friendship. We kicked off our series with a total of 4 friendship essays between our two websites. Check out our...
You Are From Mars, I Am An A-Hole
Welcome back to Finish the Sentence Friday! We give you a sentence, and you finish it, however long or short you like! Today's sentence is: I did something really stupid once. I... Well, that's not a hard one. You may remember a post I wrote last week, titled, I Am...
HerStories: Marissa
Welcome back to HerStories: Tales of Friendship. If you missed the introduction to this new series on women's friendship, check out the page here! We are continuing our first week of the series with another fantastic essay, this time from Elura Nanos. Have you ever...
Surviving a Snow Day: Things To Do With Kids When You Are Stuck At Home
Snow days. For a school-aged child, they are a dream come true. For the parents? Not so much. We have had the pleasure of experiencing two snow days in the past 3 weeks. Both were on the weekend, so no day off of school, but due to the fact that my husband works for...
HerStories: How My “Grief Twin” Helped Me To Mourn
We are excited to bring you our second installment of HerStories: Tales of Friendship. Today, Jessica of School of Smock, and co-creator of HerStories shares her moving essay about a woman who impacted her life during a difficult time. Have you ever found yourself...
Introducing HerStories: Tales of Friendship
I recently finished a remarkable book, She Matters: A Life in Friendships by Susanna Sonnenberg. As a writer and a woman who may be a bit obsessed with memorializing life events and people, this book ignited a spark inside me. As I devoured each chapter, I found...
Weekly Wrap-up and Snow Day: The Sequel
Happy weekend, all! I am bracing myself for another snow day alone with my two girls while my husband goes in to help out the City. Guess I better dig out your suggestions from last time...or a big bottle of wine...or both. In case you missed anything, here is what I...
Why Can’t Mealtime Just Be Pleasant? (The Redux)
You guys, I have a confession. Today's Finish the Sentence Friday sentence is "I tried to cook..." and I just can't do it. I just wrapped up FIVE days with food poisoning, and not only have I not cooked anything yet, the idea of writing about cooking something just...
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