10 Ways to Pursue Happiness
10 Ways to Pursue Happiness: Tips for the Overbooked, Overwhelmed, Just Damn Over-All-Of-It Mom. Learn more.
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One year. Five decades. So much to process.
10 Ways to Pursue Happiness: Tips for the Overbooked, Overwhelmed, Just Damn Over-All-Of-It Mom. Learn more.
Being everything to everyone is all-consuming and exhausting. Ask me how I know. Learn more.
She was tall and blonde. He was tall and Black. But that’s not what made them stand out to me, nor was it the fact that their children,...
And just like that, she’s gone. I stood at the door as she walked away from the house, roller bag trailing behind her. It’s such an odd...
After two months away from home, my daughter is returning home from college for Thanksgiving. We've both learned so much. Read on.
There are moments when I am overwhelmed by the mortal fear that someday, I’ll roll over and my husband won’t be there. Or I’ll slip my...
In this life, it's the hard, scary things that move you forward. Take risks. Learn more.
A birthday letter to my husband, where I write things down so he knows how great he is. Read more.
Ten years after Hurricane Sandy, a mom from Rockaway Beach reflects on rebuilding and moving on. Read more.
The summer when I was 17 years old, my boyfriend and I left for college in different states. He went to Cleveland; I went to Boston. I...
After shepherding my child's journey to college, my body begged for mercy: It was a Mom Hangover, and I needed to nurse it. Read more.
The dorm room goodbye is one of the hardest goodbyes, and it took me a while to understand why. Read more.
You’re doing it already: Wandering into her room when she’s not home, just to feel the essence of her. The clothes strewn on the floor,...
Five days from now, we’ll be moving you into your college dorm. Here is how I know you're ready.
I am 49 years old and think it’s time for my uterus to go. You’ve served me well over the last 37 years. Actually, you’ve served me well...
Today I woke to an empty house. My daughter was at a sleepover and my son was at his grandparents’. My husband had left early for work....
“Mom, I really don’t feel good,” my daughter said. She was on the phone and 3,000 miles away from home. The symptoms: nausea and...
My husband and I were sitting on opposite sides of the couch when notifications started coming into my phone. Calendar invite: Drinks...
I find myself in a very unfamiliar predicament: It is 6 pm on a weeknight and I am the only one home. My husband is out to dinner with a...
While scrolling through Facebook, I saw a photo of a friend who now lives down south. Except she wasn’t down south--the photo was taken...