Winter Solstice

The longest night and the shortest day. For many years now our little family has marked this day […]

First Days

When my daughter was younger, like many parents, we marked important days with a photo. First day of […]

A post on the Facebook group Pantsuit Nation made me cry this morning. It was by a young […]

“What would you say if I asked to have my boyfriend sleep over?” My daughter and her friend […]

A New York Times opinion piece about work/life balance (“A Toxic Work World“) is making the rounds and […]

When our daughter was younger she was really into The Bearenstain Bears books and cartoons. The books, if […]

We all have moments that take the stuffing out of us and make us question our worth. When […]

When my husband and I decided to have a baby reactions to my pregnancy usually included a story […]

Anyone who reads this blog for more than five minutes knows I am a staunch supporter of reproductive […]

Over dinner the other night we had one of those twisty turny conversations that kept us at the […]

The other day my daughter posted a mini-rant on her Facebook page. She must have been deeply bored […]

The power to define yourself rather than allowing society to define you by your gender or sexuality is […]

Yesterday I got news that a child of an acquaintance of mine had committed suicide. He was 37. […]

I woke up humming the chorus from a song my Dad used to sing when he was happy […]

My daughter asked the other day if I thought that being a mom was a big sacrifice because […]