I don’t publish a whole heck of a lot of Guest Posts on this site. In fact, with the exception of my super depressing September 11th Series, this might actually be the only one. But my friend Paul texted me yesterday after having stumbled across that dumb Mom-Blogger-Trashing Wall Street Journal article from last week asking if I’d consider publishing… Read more →
Category: The Not-So-Trivial
This Is Why Our Collective Body Image Is In The Shitter.
Kelsey is a dancer for the OKC Thunder Girls with an enviable physique. But this week, she’s not getting press for her moves between quarters. Rather, she’s the subject of ridicule by the CBS Houston (who alleges that they’re simply reporting the ‘word on the streets of OKC’) for being too chunky to cheer. Or is she. Claire Crawford, the… Read more →
Look For The Helpers
{we rearranged again} When I was nine years old, I remember being in the car with my Dad one evening, around twilight. We were turning off of our cul-de-sac, probably heading out to pick up Italian Food, and in a few months, the first Iraq war would break out. We’d been learning about US history in school and my idea… Read more →
“Moms Who Drink And Swear”: Can We Talk About This Modern Mom As Frat Boy Image?
This month, Nicole Knepper released her hilarious book “Moms Who Drink And Swear” based on her blog of the same name. It’s insanely funny, which isn’t surprising if you’ve read Nicole before. But it also got me self-reflecting a bit. As I looked at her book sitting a top a pile on my nightstand of other recent releases in its… Read more →
Why I Care So Much About Overturning Prop 8, Even Though I’m Straight
I can’t imagine if the government or anyone else was telling me I didn’t have a right to the single greatest joy and accomplishment in my life: Having built this family. And honestly, I’m pretty sick of hearing bullshit like “nobody is stopping ‘them‘ from being a family” from those who oppose equal rights for all. In the weeks after… Read more →
Work/Work Balance
The last few years of my life have taken an unexpected turn that has pulled me further from the business I came up through and spent my childhood dreaming about and into a business that I never imagined would even exist. I’m grateful and frustrated all at the same time. I love being able to write for myself and ramble… Read more →
Navel Gazing At A Funeral
He was the only person I knew when I moved to New York City. The older brother of a dear friend, I’d long idolized him as the sole person from our small catholic high school to study film at New York University — my holy grail of colleges. He was tall and thin and theatrical and when I finally arrived… Read more →
If I Had A Hammer, I’d Probably Still Think Everyone Else Had A Better Hammer
Some mornings, I wake up and I just don’t have it in me. I know…that sounds horrible. I mean, I muster it. I get it together and I forge on through life, but some mornings it’s like the din of responsibility is so loud I just want to cover my head with a pillow to dull it to a low… Read more →
Express Yourself
{Dayna + Chelsey} As a kid, I carefully selected my outfits every day. Beginning around 7th Grade I started hitting the thrift stores hard, an activity that even on my limited pre-teen allowance meant that I was now in control of my own personal style. Using hair color to set myself apart visually from the crowd wasn’t far behind and… Read more →
Remember Sandy Hook? Pick Up The Phone.
{via} Do you remember where you were when you heard about Sandy Hook? Do you remember how long it took you before you got to hug your kids that day? Do you remember as the details trickled in, that sinking feeling in your stomach as you realized twenty babies had been gunned down in their classroom before they could finish… Read more →