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Same Sex Parent

It’s All My Fault Anyway aka Parenting is Hard! It’s All My Fault Anyway aka Parenting is Hard!

By: Heather Somaini It’s that time of year when everyone starts asking what... 

In The In Between In The In Between

By: Lex Jacobson We have moved onto our second-choice donor, who thankfully has... 

Seven and Change Seven and Change

By: Joey Uva   Grace just turned seven last week.  It’s hard to believe... 

Boy Scouts Are Not So Bad Boy Scouts Are Not So Bad

By: Carol Rood We missed our weekly Boy Scout meeting last night. I spent the weekend... 

Mama on a Soapbox Mama on a Soapbox

By: Tanya Dodd-Hise So I may have mentioned this previously, but it annoys the hell... 

A Grand Scheme A Grand Scheme

By: Shannon Ralph I am in the midst of a grand scheme. A plot I devised with complete... 

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Urban Dweller

Two Doors Two Doors

By: Tanya Ward Goodman Last week was a mess. Rainstorms, early school release four... 

Where I’m @ Where I’m @

By: Ann Brown Now that we are out of Iraq, I can focus on the rest of the shit going... 

We’ve Been Losing Things We’ve Been Losing Things

By: Tanya Ward Goodman We’ve been losing things lately. Nothing huge. Nothing... 

Nesting for the Third Nesting for the Third

By: Danny Thomas Wow. I have a daughter who just turned six… and another arriving... 

Targeting the Revolution Targeting the Revolution

By: Ann Brown Don’t despair, there is hope for the world. I met her. She is... 

Old Year, New Year Old Year, New Year

By: Tanya Ward Goodman I am multi-tasking. I thought I’d start the New Year without... 

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Single Parents

My Bay-Be My Bay-Be

By: Allison Norris My baby is now a kid. A boy. I don’t know how it happened, or when, but he’s big and smart and amazing me every day. Singing in the car, operating a laptop or an ATV, helping me put groceries in the cart, or requesting a napkin for his lap – he’s big. Why does it feel so scary to watch them grow up? Movie... [Read more of this review]

A Curve in The Road A Curve in The Road

By: Barbara Matousek Packing up the night before it hadn’t occurred to me that we could go in a ditch, that my Subaru could keep sliding as the road curved. And to be honest, even after we saw the first pile-up of cars where I-90 turns and crosses the Mississippi River in La Crosse, I wasn’t concerned about the roads. I had called my mother and... [Read more of this review]

Velcro Mom Velcro Mom

By: Wendy Rhein If I were a superhero, I would be Velcro Mom. Who can leap over piles of laundry in a single bound (with a child hanging off her arm)? And debone a turkey with one hand (while the other is filling a sippy cup)? And who can type 60 words a minute – with one hand while blowing bubbles with the other? It’s Velcro Mom! I can’t remember... [Read more of this review]

Teach Your Children Well

By: Wendy Rhein I’ve been struggling with writing this all day. I have drafted more first, second, and seventh paragraphs than I care to admit and trashed them all. The truth is, my kid and many other kids I know were hurting last week and it infuriates me. Last week I heard and endured several painful stories about how children interact and label... [Read more of this review]

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