Mom Embraces the Wisdom of Aging, but Not the Wrinkles
Filed under: OpinionsI am 41 years old and, of all the things I've learned to accept in my life, aging has not yet become one of them. The day my lipstick starts bleeding up the newly-formed lines on...
View ArticleDo You Have a Friend Who Would Move a Body for You?
They were pouring into the donut shop. One, after another, after another. I watched as more and more women arrived to celebrate the birthday of a mother who stood in the middle of the group, surprised...
View ArticleDo Today's Have-It-All Moms Regret Having So Many Choices?
Filed under: OpinionsI wear a lot of hats. Most mothers do. We have children. We have dentist appointments to schedule, fridges to clean out, socks to find, birthday party RSVPs to make, coats to find,...
View ArticleParenting Out Loud In the Age of the Internet (and Ignoring the Trolls)
Filed under: OpinionsI love living in this age. I can't imagine what it must have been like to live in the time when it took weeks to get news or a return letter from someone. It must have been so...
View ArticleNeed a Reason to Slow Down? Try Running Over Your Kid's Foot
Filed under: OpinionsWe arrive at school every day at about 8 a.m. and slink along the car line. As we pull up to the front door, my 9-year-old son hops out. I look back and tell him to have a great...
View ArticleLet Go of Being the Perfect Mom With the Perfect Life
Filed under: OpinionsI participated in a Twitter chat this week in which the topic was "the perfect mother." I can feel you cringing already. More than a few moms, in the process of this chat,...
View ArticleWork and Parenting: The Painful Pull Between Them
Filed under: OpinionsLast week, my kids were off for five days for winter break. A month from now, they'll be off for another five days for spring break. And today and tomorrow, they have half days....
View ArticleIf Money Doesn't Buy Happiness, What Does?
Filed under: Work Life, Opinions, Just for YouAbout seven years ago, I was laid off from my job. I was a marketing director at a well-known corporation, and, after a wonderful career there, I ended up...
View ArticleWhy Are Companies Still So Inflexible With Working Mothers?
Filed under: Work Life, OpinionsMany years ago, I commuted every day, 45 minutes each way, to downtown Atlanta for my job. I was fortunate that I could afford to put my son in a top-notch day care...
View ArticleDads Want Workplace Flexibility, Too, Expert Says
Filed under: Work Life, OpinionsWhen I wrote last week about workplace flexibility and my frustration that so many mothers have to drop out of their careers because of the lack of it, you had a lot to...
View ArticleHow I Barely Survived When My Hard Drive Died
Filed under: OpinionsHard drives can die, apparently. Mine did this week, without any warning. It's not like it had been suffering a cough for a while, or experiencing aches and pains, or giving off...
View ArticleDoes Parenting Make Being Healthy - and Thin - Too Hard?
Filed under: OpinionsThey say nothing really changes when you turn 40. It's true. It's 41 that's the kicker. I turned 41 last December and have since experienced all sorts of surprising changes, like...
View ArticleWhy I Quit Using the Word 'Retarded'
Filed under: OpinionsI'm a child of the '80s. We had our own lexicon back then. Words we used the way people now use "holla" and "unfriend." One of the words was "whale," as in, "Seniors Whale," as in,...
View ArticleA Compendium of Mother Warning Phrases
Filed under: Funny Stuff, OpinionsIn honor of Mother's Day, I thought I'd take a look at one of the most important and oft-used tools in any mom's arsenal: the warning phrase. Don't act like you don't...
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Botox for 8-Year-Old Reminds Us of Beauty Messages Moms Send Their Daughters
Filed under: Opinions My beloved grandmother Mary was a model in her youth, even doing a stint as the Lucky Strikes girl, appearing on the back cover of Life magazines in the '40s. She was, and, now in...
View ArticleIt's Time to Start a 'No Mean Girls' Coalition
Filed under: Bullying, OpinionsWhen I was in high school, I definitely was not considered one of the "cool" girls. Apparently, if your senior year resume includes show choir and the drug-free squad,...
View ArticleWhy Summer Break Scares Me
Filed under: OpinionsSummer break has begun. Some moms are thrilled about this. They can't wait to go on adventures and hang out all day long for weeks at a time with their kids. Their calendars are...
View ArticleLearning to Let Your Children Grow Up - Eye Rolls and All
Filed under: OpinionsI was just getting the hang of this how to parent young children thing, and now my son has decided to grow up. I think it's a plot to take me off my game. Until now, things have...
View ArticleDo You Ever Regret Leaving Your Children? Mid-Air Storm Makes This Mom...
Filed under: OpinionsThere's a sudden storm over the Atlanta airport, so our plane is patiently circling. The pilot says it shouldn't be more than an extra 15 or 20 minutes. He comes back over the...
View ArticleNews Flash: Women Are More Than Just Body Types and Sex Positions
Filed under: OpinionsAfter seven years of blogging about maternal mental health, I suppose it shouldn't surprise me that I ended up on a media list. Some public relations person somewhere decided I...
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