Love + Marriage

My three-year-old’s favorite toy is a straw cowboy hat that my husband and I got at a Berkshire Hathaway Happy Hour event twelve years ago. We had only been dating a couple of years at the time. Tonight, as I...

To introduce myself officially I want to tell you a little story about a gal I “know.”  She is a 37-year-old woman who is happy with life.  She has two amazing daughters: Taylor Mae who is 6 and Charlotte who is...

Loneliness is a road we all travel down one time or another. For single and divorced moms, loneliness during the holidays can feel excruciating. My loneliness is palpable on the holidays my children spend with their dad, even though...

Sometimes I cry myself to sleep. Instead of rolling around in the sheets with my husband, he is rolled over fast asleep, while I’m left wanting more. There’s a lot of resentment, sadness, and shame when you’re a woman...

But is that really the only question? If the decision is to get snipped, who is getting the snipping done to them? Does he get a vasectomy or do I get my tubes tied? Or can I remember to...

He just doesn't understand me! I have no idea what she wants from me? I try and try and try but it's never enough. Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus. It's like you are speaking a different language! My husband and I...

As a kid, I don’t ever remember wanting to be a mom, you know like the girls who dreamed about it from a very young age. Not me. Maybe someday, but only one, maybe two kids - max, and if...

If you’re feeling sad that the holidays are now over, don’t fear! You can now add Spouse's Day to your winter holiday celebrations. Spouse's Day, observed on January 26, is a non-gift giving holiday. It is a day to...

Date Night!   I always love hearing those words and the idea of what they bring: a much needed break; time to not JUST be parents, but to come together as a couple again.  Buuuuut, with littles and early bedtimes and...

I am in love with love.  As much as I love cerebral indie movies, my favorite ones will always be the ones where girl-next-door gets guy, the girl has a falling out, but then girl gets the guy, and they...