The problem is, I don’t know the shape of this yet. I don’t know how much space it takes up inside of me, how it changes the outline of my body. I see myself in the mirror and I...
So it’s that time of year when women indulge in heart-shaped candy while awaiting their highly anticipated romantic gift that their significant other has poured countless hours of thought into. Unless you’re like me and have been married for...
Too often, as parents age, adult children feel the best way to help and support them is to reverse roles and become their . . . parents.
But as a professional care manager with 40 years of experience helping adults...
Sipping tea and eating petit fours is a lovely way to spend a baby shower, but it's not very exciting. If the baby showers you've been to lately have blended together in your memory as quiet affairs spent making...
Becoming a mother is a deeply emotional journey and the learning curve is steep and rapid. I was not unprepared. I took every class I could find postpartum and still found myself googling a thousand different oddities that I...
Being a grandmother is a wonderful thing! During the recent trying times, I try to look for the positives and not to dwell on the negatives, especially when it comes to staying connected to my grandson, who is 2...
Most women I know feel that the split of managing household tasks is. . . unbalanced between their partners and themselves. A recent article in The Washington Post backs up that feeling with these statistics: “Employed women partnered with...
I have three good friends from college who I never see and barely speak to. We do group texts during football season when our college team is playing or when someone has a baby, but besides that, we glean...
"And what do you say?" I asked my four-year-old with the tone that tells her she knows the answer.
"I don't want to say 'Please!' Can't I just have it?" She was exasperated, not whiny. Vulnerable, not defiant.
Without another word,...
When you’re a parent to kids under five, everything seems to revolve around them (I wonder if/when this changes…). Are they sleeping and eating? Are they socialized, healthy, and happy? Milestones… What about the milestones?!? These questions shape those...























