People always asked how we pulled it off. Three kids. Mid-20s. A backyard. A mortgage. It didn’t make sense on paper—our salaries weren’t anything special, and we weren’t sitting on a pile…
Category: HOME
WE HAD TRIPLETS—AND NOW WE’RE THINKING OF GIVING ONE UP FOR ADOPTION
No one talks about this part. They show you cute matching outfits and photos, but no one tells you what it actually feels like when all three babies start screaming at once…
MY GRANDMA LOOKS 40—BUT THAT’S NOT THE PART THAT FREAKS ME OUT
Everyone always says my grandma looks amazing for her age, and yeah, I get it—she’s radiant, wrinkle-free, and somehow has better posture than I do. But when I posted a pic of…
Sending Our Thoughts and Prayers to Blake Shelton
In a recent online concert, Blake Shelton’s fans couldn’t help but notice he looked quite different. The 44-year-old country star had a significant health scare that led to some profound changes in…
A YEAR AFTER MY SON’S DEATH, I SAW MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW’S GRAVE AT THE CEMETERY.
“Ma’am… we’ve arrived,” the cabbie said as he pulled over at the cemetery gate, jolting me out of my thoughts. I stepped out of the cab, my gaze fixed on the cemetery…
WE LEFT MOM AT THE NURSING HOME AND I CAN’T SHAKE THE GUILT
The hardest part wasn’t packing up her things. It wasn’t signing the paperwork or walking through those beige, too-quiet halls. It was when she smiled at me and said, “You don’t have…
MY MOM WENT BACK TO COLLEGE AT 42—WITH FOUR KIDS AND A PART-TIME JOB
Most people thought she was crazy. She had a house full of noise, homework, tantrums, and laundry that never ended—and one day, she added college classes to the mix like it was…
MY SON WAS BORN IN A COMA—AND NOW HE WON’T STOP SMILING
The delivery room went from quiet nerves to full-blown panic in under a minute. I remember hearing the words “no heartbeat” and then everything got blurry—machines beeping, nurses rushing, my partner squeezing…
I LOST 92 KILOS—BUT WHAT I GAINED MATTERS MORE
I used to avoid mirrors. Photos. Even hugs. At my heaviest, I felt like I was shrinking inside myself while my body just kept getting bigger. Everything hurt—my joints, my back, my…
I MET HIM AT A CORPORATE PARTY—AND I DIDN’T CARE THAT HE WAS TWICE MY AGE
I wasn’t even supposed to be there. My coworker bailed last minute, and I only went for the free wine and fancy appetizers. You know the type of event—awkward small talk, fake…