Can she live up to what we all need her to be? GOOD MOM has big shoes to fill, but she must take tiny, quiet steps. Does she know what she’s doing or can she fake it convincingly? Does she enjoy it, or can she fake it convincingly? When she…

(Variations of this essay were awarded the 2018 Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Contest Adult Author Category — Third Prize and 2019 Erma Bombeck Humorist In-Residence- Honorary Mention) Hey Barbie, What’s Your Sign? I was at a Barbie doll convention when I found out my marriage was doomed. Hurrying across the hotel lobby, I tried to…

‘ Who ISN’T watching The Bear on Hulu right now? Its second season just recently dropped on Hulu and the show is making all the lists of must-see TV. Robb and I started binging it this week and haven’t been able to stop. Fifteen seconds into the pilot you’ll know…

It’s taken me a few days to work through my feelings. I hadn’t fully understood what it would do to me to commune with some of those I’ve lost. I’ve been wandering my house, asking myself why I’m so sad, and then am like…oh, right…meh ghosts. This was new for…

That was clickbait, I’m not actually getting remarried. Don’t buy me a toaster or anything. (Or actually, do buy me a toaster. Robb chose ours and it beeps TOO LOUDLY FOR MORNING when the bagel is done and annoys the piss out of me.) Here’s the thing: I’ve been married…

So, remember when we started therapy with an older, wisened therapist who seemed kind of quirky? We met with him again this week, and I swear to God, he said the EXACT same things in the EXACT same order. From the first “And what are we here today to discuss?”…

Twenty years of marriage and we’ve been bare-knuckling it alone. It’s time. We had our first marriage counseling session today. I was nervous (see previous fear rant) and skeptical as the therapist the online couples counseling program set us up with shares the demographics of our last few presidents. This…

So I’ve been on deadline to get a fresh draft of my book out to beta readers, which means….I’ve been watching a hella lot of shows. It’s not just my favorite way to procrastinate (some people sleep or…exercise, I hear? eww) but it genuinely does relax and inspire me creatively-when…

I now have video proof of what I look like when dancing topless. It’s not great.BUT I’m trying REALLY hard to see it through a different lens. Walk with me on this journey of positivity and pasties. I don’t have a lot of pictures of me looking free or sexy…