As anyone navigating the intricacies of a blended family knows, it can be hard to figure out how to talk about the “other parents.” I have two children with my ex-husband. My partner has a son who lives with us, and we have a new baby together. A “yours, mine and ours” situation, if you…
Do you remember your first cell phone? I certainly do. And I’m approaching the age where “when I was your age” doesn’t sound so much like a trope anymore as it does an accurate way to describe the time before. But I digress. My first phone was a brick of a device with T9 texting,…
When I was a kid, we were not allowed to discuss back-to-school until at least the last week of August. There were seven of us at home, and it made my mom sad to think about us all going back to school and summer ending. She truly enjoyed having us all home for the summer….
Having just given birth to my third baby, I’ve had my share of baby showers. One big one, a couple of smaller ones, but all deeply appreciated. With this last baby, I wasn’t even expecting a shower. Even though it had been almost nine years since my last baby and we didn’t have a single…
