Contributor Confessions

I used to dread getting older. Not in some Peter Pan way, where I wanted to stay young forever. I just feared the unknown of being a real grown up and turning 30. Didn’t your 30s mean you started...

2016 was somewhat of a barrier-breaking, bucket-list type year for me. It was the year I finally decided I was done with waiting on the perfect timing {or even remotely good timing} in order to go after my dreams....

As mothers, we do everything for our children with marginal complaint. We may holler, "I said put your shoes on, child!" after mentioning it fifteen times between making breakfast, pulling out clothes, packing lunches, and making sure the homework folder is...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqKtKQYtqVE&feature=youtu.be It’s almost midnight and I can’t sleep.  Which is odd, because my pillow is lumpy in the right places, my sheets are off-brand silky, and my down comforter is somewhat clean {kids, eh?}. The only sound disturbing the night is...

When I say I'm Catholic, I don't use it as a fleeting adjective. I was born and raised a cradle-Catholic. I was baptized in the Archdiocese of Detroit, attended Mass every weekend, went to Catholic grade school and high...

What is Galentine's Day? I'll let the lovely Leslie Knopes explain it to you.  "Oh, it's only the best day of the year. Every February 13th, my lady friends and I leave our husbands and our boyfriends at home, and...

'They' say don't do this and 'They' say don't do that. Who are these 'Theys' and who voted that we should listen to them? As part of my mommy-hood journey, I have found that I should stop listening to...

Dear Dad, There just isn't anyone quite like you. You are a one of a kind guy. I realize that sounds trite. But many others, even those outside our family, concur on this point. You were always stirring the pot...

November is my favorite month of the year:: the start of, hopefully, blessedly cool days like today, my son's birthday, my birthday, and one of my favorite holidays, Thanksgiving. Some see Thanksgiving as just the kick off to the...

I wouldn't have thought a show called Sex and the City would provide me with a moment of clarity when it comes to the aches and growing pains of motherhood, but funny, that's exactly what happened.  The first time I...