Facing Forward

A few weeks ago my mom friends started passing around a blog from the Huffington Post called The Mom Stays in the Picture. In it, writer Allison Tate explains why she and many of her friends avoid being photographed: “We’re sporting mama bodies and we’re not as young as we used to be. We don’t always have time to blow… Read more →

Shorewood Oct '09

Homesickness

Our Florida weather’s been beautiful lately. Blue skies and temperatures in the eighties. But the northerner in me is disoriented. I look at the calendar and it says October. We had fun at the beach last weekend, but shouldn’t we be picking apples with our jackets on, drinking hot cider by the fire? Fall, my favorite season, is when I… Read more →

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No Need to Wait

The other day I was walking with my three kids through Aldi when a woman coming the opposite direction said in disgust, “Time to get spayed,” as she brushed by us. For a second I stopped. Did she just really say that to me? I stared at her back as she headed to the check out. My face was burning.… Read more →