Family

My first month as a parent was a blur of anxiety and sleeplessness. We overanalyzed every feeding and diaper change, constantly kept watch over our baby’s breathing, and felt like …

Hi, I’m Deb. I’m an Introvert Houseguest. Can I be honest about something? Shh, don’t tell anyone. I don’t like being a houseguest. It doesn’t matter if I’m staying with …

People with Chronic Pain Are Like Spiderman People with chronic pain are like Spiderman. Hear me out now!  Spiderman fights crime all night. He carries the stress of protecting 8.5 …

Mommy Hates Cooking I used to love cooking. I really did. In my mid-20s, I would spend hours (literal hours) making meals from scratch for my boyfriend. I would make …

The typical employee in the United States enjoys ten days of paid vacation and six paid holidays every year. We work hard. We deserve time off. But what about stay-at-home …

Ahhh, tantrums! Whether we’re dealing with the terrible twos, a threenager, or much older, throwing a tantrum is one of the most annoying, frustrating, and frankly, infuriating things our children …

Not Everyone Knows How to Help New Parents Sit around the campfire, my friends, while I tell you a scaaaaary story. (Holding the flashlight up to my chin.) One of …

It’s So Important to Pray For Your Family When my daughter was born, I was absolutely terrified. I mean, of course, I was overjoyed to become a mother. But the …

I may not be amazing at a lot of traditional “wife” tasks. I don’t like cooking or baking, I don’t decorate our home for holidays, I detest running household errands, …

Before I had my daughter, I spent several Christmases without a Christmas tree. It’s not that I didn’t have one, but that I just didn’t care to put it up. …