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My Shower Audience
Remember the days of a long, peaceful shower? Yes, I do too. Like many other moms, my showers are quick these days….
A Different Kind of Girls’ Night :: With Wicked Rustic Workshops
As we get older and older (and more and more tired!), the thought of spending a girls’ night out at a bar…
On Bittersweet Mother’s Day
I started the tradition over a decade ago. I had moved to Boston from where I grew up in central New York…
On the Day You Were Born, So Was I
You launch yourself into my arms for our nightly bedtime hug, and I breathe the smell of your soft blonde hair against…
The Would-Be Mom
I remember very clearly the day I inadvertently witnessed someone else’s most personal, agonizing despair from inside the procedure room at my…
Lyme Disease :: What Moms Need to Know About Ticks
Thank you PhysiciansOne Urgent Care for sponsoring this post. It started out like any Tuesday morning, with snuggles from my still half-asleep…
Birth Stories :: Why Sharing Benefits Us All
We’ve all heard them — birth stories. I read a birth story for the first time about seven years ago when my cousin…
6 Must-Have Mother’s Day Gifts for the Sports Mom
Just like our kids need cleats, shorts, and helmets, sports moms need their own equipment — things that make waiting through a practice…
Birth Control :: Why My Husband Got a Vasectomy
Motivated by weekly episodes of “The Cosby Show,” I planned — as a child — to become a doctor by the age…
