2012 Reflections and Intentions
By Wendy Rhein I don’t do resolutions. I don’t like the idea of setting myself up to fail by creating some bubbly-induced grandiose goals that are based on pure fantasy and some 11:58pm longing to be someone I’m not. I do, however, believe in reflection and intention. As any psychologist or self-help ...
The Cost of Being Gay
By: Lex Jacobson Ah, a new year. The year 2010 brought some marital troubles and other awful things. 2011 was a year of healing and change – better than 2010, but still tough. If history repeats itself, 2012 will be better yet. I’m hoping that we will conceive in 2012. In fact, ...
An Interview with Wendy Rhein
Interview with Wendy Rhein by The Next Family The Next Family is pleased to welcome one of our newer writers, Wendy Rhein. Wendy's heartfelt stories of being a single mom raising two little ones, in a home that includes her own mother, often come with an added bonus: a recipe ...
December Storm
By: Tanya Ward Goodman I am coming up for air after my flurry of November writing. I finished the novel. It’s 50,436 words and seems to have some plot and some characters and even a little, tiny bit of writerly flair. But I’m leaving it alone for a while. Like a ...
The Gift That Keeps On Giving
By: Ann Brown My baby cousin is getting married this week. And, frankly, I am glad just to be invited to the wedding. It could have gone either way. It's a good thing babies can't remember everything. Because then my cousin would know that when he was around three years old, his ...
Same Sex Parent
By: Ted Peterson It’s been understood in our house for some time that the way to...
By: Tanya Dodd-Hise So in watching all of the craptastic Republican jargon being...
By: John Jericiau You’re only two days into a nine-day business trip back east,...
By: Brandy Black My Dearest Sophia, Four months ago today I wrote you a letter about...
By: Lex Jacobson Devon and I are in Mexico right now, having a splendid two-week...
By: Joey Uva My “To Do List” for 2012 is packed full of things I want to accomplish. ...
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By: Ann Brown Now that we are out of Iraq, I can focus on the rest of the shit going...
By: Tanya Ward Goodman We’ve been losing things lately. Nothing huge. Nothing...
By: Danny Thomas Wow. I have a daughter who just turned six… and another arriving...
By: Ann Brown Don’t despair, there is hope for the world. I met her. She is...
By: Tanya Ward Goodman I am multi-tasking. I thought I’d start the New Year without...
By: Ann Brown There are certain things that I know for sure, too. Sister Oprah isn’t...
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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]
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 WellBy: 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]
By: Allison Norris I’m a wreck. No really, I am. I don’t know what happened to me, but I have never been organized. I always turned my homework in on time, I like my house clean, and am usually pretty punctual (very punctual before Baylor), but have never known where my keys ran off to, or what happened to my friggin’ phone. It seems... [Read more of this review]
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