I really hate those ostensibly humorous articles in parenting magazines that purport to list all the ways your life changes when you become a mom. You know the ones: Your purse/car/ass gets bigger; your libido/ability to sleep/boobs get smaller, ha ha ha. Aside from being totally trite, these pronouncements are quite often not even true. […]

In my conversations with other mothers, friends, and bloggers it seems to me that nearly everyone is on some sort of SSRI (Zoloft, Celexa, Lexapro, to name a few). Despite the legions of well-documented side-effects suffered by those taking these drugs (including weight gain, sexual dysfunction, and snarkiness) it seems they remain the preferred […]

Awhile back, I wrote a post about reasons not to travel with kids, and then a nifty e-book on the subject.
And then I traveled to Denver from Bellingham with my children. The trip involved many stale pretzels, two bad potty emergencies barely averted, five fits, and one fabulous honey baked ham.
We woke up […]

I’ve written before about the upside of joint custody, the need for parents to take a break, and the mental health benefits of working. All of these times away can provide such a glorious readjustment of one’s attitude, refurbishment of energy reserves, and replenishment of adoration and laughing acceptance of kitchen goo.
Two days ago, […]

From my email inbox:

Congratulations on your recent ascendancy to “paid writer!” You do have the gift.
I love you so very much. I somehow feel a bit tongue tied, word bound, whatever… Just know how much I admire & am proud of you.
XOXO
Your “buttons-a-popping”
Dad
(from a swelled chest ‘o pride in you, NOT adipose excess)

It is […]