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  • Lucky penny

    This story describes handling a medical situation involving a child ingesting a foreign object. Some language might be offensive to some readers. Also, every child and situation is different. Please consult your doctor if you need medical advice. “Mama, I swallowed a penny!” So began the series of events leading…

  • Band-Aids, branding and blogging

    “You have three days to make ‘band-aid’ a thing in a post, article, meme, or live video.,” so were the words of the great Ms. Mary Katherine Backstrom, award-winning creator of Mom Babble, in the writers group she hosts. I actually heard about this challenge after seeing an odd number of…

  • Stop bitching about how much better being a kid used to be

    Being a kid in the 1970s, 80s or 90s was so much better than today, or so says countless essays, listicles and Facebook rants. We played in the street, stayed put until dark and used our imagination instead of iPads. Our parents were stern, but still gave us freedom to…

  • Break the rules, not their spirits

    My mother often calls me, “Miss Law and Order,” not because I work in the legal field, but because, from a young age, I tended to always follow the rules. If my family played a game together, you can bet I observed everyone’s moves closely, lest they attempt to cheat.…

  • Sitting back, waiting for my brows to be cool

    I, like many of my fellow darker-haired gals of European descent, are “blessed” with being a little hairier then our fairer friends. Skipping a day between shaving is a no go, and you eagerly wait for the summer sun to naturally bleach your arm hair.  Then, there’s the eyebrow dilemma.…

  • The meanies lost, or how I taught my four-year-old about the Holocaust 

    I watched my son gaze curiously at the wall of the synagogue; his eyes falling on a worn and tattered scroll behind a glass display. We were visiting my parents’ synagogue during the first two two days of Passover, and my son wanted to learn more about the Torah, the…

  • Play in the rain

    Rainy days were awesome at summer camp. We put on our least favorite clothing (hopefully for our parents’ sake),  find an open space in the middle of the field and plunge on to our bellies. Sliding through the mud we didn’t care how wet and filthy we became. We were…

  • 5 reasons why you need clear knee mom jeans

    I’ve never been much of a trendsetter. And I’m certainly not keeping up with what’s on fleek now that I am a mom. Every once in awhile, though, something so awesome comes along to stop me right in my yoga pants. Enter the “Clear Knee Mom Jeans” from Topshop. Now,…

  • The truth about working from home with kids

    When I was pregnant with my first child, I decided I would keep working. My job as a writer/editor enabled me to work from home, and, while it didn’t pay a lot, it did provide decent insurance coverage for my family. My husband, then an independent contractor, also worked from…

  • To my fellow stay-at-home moms on a ‘day without women’

    On March 8, thousands (millions?) of women will forego working in support of “A Day Without Women,” a protest organized by those behind the Women’s March on Washington. The organizers are well-meaning, but what’s that they say about “good intentions?” According to the organizers’ website, women can participate in one…