This is Your Brain on Motherhood

I used to be smart, I think. I graduated from college with honors, so I’m pretty sure my brain used to function fairly well. I vaguely remember being able to do things that required focus and attention. Vaguely. You know …

A Little Cosmic Perspective for Mothers

I was watching a documentary on the universe with our space-loving 5-year-old the other day, and it reminded me of this epiphany I had a while back . . .  Photo credit: NASA Mathematically speaking, we humans barely exist. The …

Why Yes, I Am SuperMom. And So Are You.

Perhaps it’s because I have three pretty great kids that I haven’t managed to totally screw up yet. Or perhaps it’s because I often look frazzled and harried and desperate for positive reinforcement. Whatever the reason, my kind-hearted friends and family …

It Takes a Village to Raise a Mother

Last week, I showed up to my friend Jana’s house (where we co-teach our kids three days a week) late and frazzled. The morning had started off fine, but time slipped away from me between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. The …

16 Things We Don’t Do to Stay Happily Married

As of yesterday, I’ve been married to my husband, Havarti (My sweetheart’s cheesy nickname. Ba-dum-pum.) for 16 years. Happily married. Really happily married. I don’t want to seem too self-righteous here, but since marriage can be tricky and marital woes …

Make the Call. Pooh Says.

I had two of my girlfriends from college over for lunch today. There’s a unique kind of delight in sitting down with someone who’s known you for 20 years, who has seen you through the arc of your grown-up years, …

My Most Huge and Terrible Thing

I haven’t slept well the past couple of nights because I keep thinking about sex trafficking. Not about doing it, of course, but about it as a “thing” in the world. I’ve been following the trip four other mom bloggers …