Have you ever thought of how you’d spend your money if you won the lotto? Where you’d go? What you’d buy? What you’d save? If you’d become an E True Hollywood Story?
I always tell people that I’m going to win the lotto. One problem…I never play the lotto (Okay, well rarely). I like getting a lotto ticket on a special occasion. I don’t care how many scratch off lotto tickets are losers. I find Read More
Did you know that October is Let’s Talk month? It promotes opening up a dialogue with kids when it comes to sex. So, let’s talk about sex.
I have a pre-schooler but I’m sure in the blink of an eye, she’ll be asking questions about the differences between men and women. I’m not quite sure how I’m going to respond yet, but I do know that I want to be open with her when it comes to educating about sex. Easier said than done, right? Read More
Let me preface this story by saying that I believe it is absolutely unfair for attractive men to be in the gynecological field.
My yearly exam came around, and because I deal with endometriosis and a host of other female-reproductive issues, I had to see a specialist at the Army hospital an hour north. Fine. No problem. The doctor’s name was difficult to pronounce, and somehow that led me to believe it would be an old Asian man. I didn’t bother to landscape, if you know what I mean.
After checking in for my appointment, I waited in the exam room, refusing to sit on the paper-lined reclining chair that faced a ceiling featuring a bright pictured-tile of blooming branches to comfort the weary to patient. Instead I sat on the side chair intended for guests and played solitaire on my iPhone.
There was a knock at the door, and then Idris Elba walked in wearing Read More
Even after 3 years, sometimes I still don’t feel like a mom. I’ll feel like I’m just pretending to be one. When my little girl calls me mommy, it can make me pause at times and think “what? me?!” I used to think once I had a baby, BAM!… my mommyness, whatever that is, would come out instantly. Ummm, nope, that’s not the way it worked for me.
The first year was especially hard. I was dealing with Postpartum PTSD (postpartum post traumatic stress disorder) and felt somewhat disconnected from my child. I would think to myself “what did I get into?” My husband seemed to be Read More
I may not know much, but I have discovered the biggest secret of motherhood – and I’m going to let you all in on it:
None of us know what the HELL we are doing.
Not the perfect PTA mom at your kid’s school. Not the Prada-clad execumom checking her iPhone during the soccer game. Not the baby-sling wearing homeschooler down the block. Not even your own mother. The truth is, we’re all just trying to make it through the day with our children and our sanity mostly intact.
The longer Read More
