You Are in the Pirelli Calendar 2016
Pirelli published a new calendar for 2016. And you are in it. Annie Leibovitz took your picture. All thirteen of the ladies represent different facets of women. We are all artists, actors or mothers at […]
Year: 2015
Do You Ever Want to Escape Your Kids?
Sometimes I go to the bathroom for peace and quiet and wish an escape hatch existed under the toilet lid. I lock the door to my oasis, and have privacy, plentiful water and a good […]
Dear Fairy Godmother – I’m Stuck in the Suburbs
Dear Fairy Godmother, I’m stuck in the suburbs and lately I have the urge to book a hotel room and sleep all weekend with room service as my only communication. Some days I even yearn […]
Just Once I Want to be Ready for an Emergency!
Just once I would like to be ready for a parental emergency. I don’t mean having psychic ability to predict the event, I just want clean hair, makeup, and clothes on at the time of […]
How to Make it Through Your Child Starting Middle School
My child is starting middle school and I’m nervous. It is such a transition from elementary school and her exposure to the world will be MUCH larger! Any tips for me to calm down? Laura […]
Kids Are Going Back to School – Yippee or Uh-Oh?
It’s that time of year again and I don’t know whether to cry or break out the pom, poms and cheer the kids are going back to school. Part of me wants to stay in […]
Before Leaving the House Rush
“Mommmmmmm! Where is my uniform?” asks Brad. The leaving the house rush begins… “In your dresser, third drawer down on the left,” I answer. A GPS for all the families’ items grows in a mother’s […]
How to Get Your Husband Off His Smartphone
My husband is on his smartphone A LOT and it is irritating. It’s for work I know, but how do I get him to realize it’s annoying? Asked by Judith – Brentwood, TN I would […]
Do Your Kids Hang on Shopping Carts too?
Once upon a time, a mother decided to go shopping with her kids to a warehouse store… “Kids, it is time to go to the warehouse store!” she yelled. She felt her body gearing up […]
Things Every Mother Does But Doesn’t Admit – Secret Mom Behaviors
Mothers have a lot going on. Some days it’s a struggle just to get your hair to lay flat on our head. That’s where baseball hats come in. We admit we’re busy and our hair […]