Big Kids

Sometimes plans don't work out quite the way we, well... planned them. We had a different plan for Christmas this year than what we ended up with.  But maybe, just maybe, it all worked out the way it was supposed...

After our daughter was born, it was surreal. It felt a lot like babysitting. Like someone else more responsible was going to pick her up to take her home. Like I wasn't really her mom.

We cling to our coffee with our phone in hand to relay our struggles, and we can miss the opportunities to gather around other women who understand the frustrations over that cup of coffee, in the same room, and leave our phones in the diaper bag.

A barrage of people will flat out tell you that it’s a lie to tell your kids that Santa Claus exists. Let’s debunk that classic myth. Santa Claus was a real person.  According to the history channel, “the legend of Santa Claus...

I don’t want my negative experiences with people in my life to strongly impact my daughters’ opinions of those same people.

“How was your day at school, baby?” I asked as she climbed into the car. —“A little boy told me I had a fat belly,” she said, almost matter-of-factly. “I’m sorry… what?!” She repeated herself. The next three seconds seemed like...

Initially, her response infuriated me inside. Relax? You’ve been handed an opportunity many children could only dream of, and you want to relax? Don’t you owe it to your teacher and school to represent them? Not to mention you’ve been given a gift, and we should share our gifts with the world. When I was growing up and an opportunity like this arose, saying no was not an option.

As the employer, you actually need to budget for quite a bit more than the hourly rate. When you hire a nanny as a household employee, you have to pay Social Security and Medicare for that person, as well as unemployment insurance and often payroll services

If you need to excavate a pair of shorts you haven’t seen since 1994, please begin before 7 p.m. This 7 p.m. thing applies to any question that begins with, “Have you seen my...”

I work in a very male-dominated field as an engineer. Science. Technology. Engineering. Math. STEM. Although it is much more common to see more women around the table at meetings now than it was a decade ago, I still...