Parenting

I've been meaning to write about this topic for a while, but haven't because it's kind of a yawner.

Living in Florida, I'm often struck by how much of my state wants to kill me and my children.

There is no laundry to do in the cave, no weeds to pull, no floors to mop, no toys to put away. No jobs, no retirement...

I'm going to bed tonight with five fewer mouths to feed.

I keep seeing articles about moms who tossed out their kids' toys in my Facebook feed.

I read the Title Nine catalog like a magazine. I like the clothes, but I really like that they use mere mortals as models.

Monday was National Single Parent's Day. How did you celebrate?

I was that obnoxious mom who generates eye rolls because I attempted to raise the bar so high only a pole vaulter could clear...

"You should write a book about how daddies just come and go and come and go," my 6-year-old daughter told me the other day.

Must-Have Parents lean out in a lean-in world. We're stepping back when the world tells us to push forward. We're throwbacks.