The Christmas season is almost upon us, and if you’re like most moms you’re both anticipating it with joy and approaching it with a
Modern family life can feel a lot like a hamster wheel — a constant race you’re never winning. We overschedule our kids and ourselves,
I speak as the single mother of two pre-teens (8 year-old-boy and 12-year-old girl). I have also been a first-time mother at 20; the mother
“I hate you and I wish you were dead.” The words stung, though not as much as they did the first few times they
“You talk so white.” I stared back at the girl who’d just said that to me, not surprised by her comment, but also unsure
I sat in a dark room and rocked our 6-month-old back to sleep for what seemed like the 1,000th time. “Dang it,” I muttered