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It is a tradition in my family to move a fully decorated Christmas tree. Most every woman in my family has done it once (I think my aunt Wanda did…

It’s 4:30 PM on Thanksgiving Day. I’m sitting at the Thanksgiving table. I’m two drinks in on whatever adult beverage I’ve committed to for the duration. The side dish I…

We loved talking to Rachel on 3 in 30, an excellent 30-minute podcast that offers three easily actionable items for moms. Our episode, How To Lighten Your Mental Load, offers…

Swinging around the corner at Target, barely in control of my overfilled, wobbly wheeled shopping cart, I abruptly stopped, horrified at what was spread out before me. Black and orange…

When is the kitchen clean? Think about that question. Think about the state of your kitchen right now. Is it clean? This is not a moral judgment. You can be…

Think about the last time you made a grocery list. Did you stick to it, buying only what was on it? If you did, you are my new hero and…

Laundry in 5 easy steps? Yes. Laundry is actually 5 separate jobs: Sorting, Washing, Drying, Folding, Putting away.  Sorting: This is the first step of laundry and by far the…

The near ubiquitous black stroller of today was once a rarity. When I was pregnant with my older son, he was born in June of 1995, I had to buy…

Caregiving, unpaid labor, the motherhood penalty, the gender wage gap.  These are terms that get thrown around in academic journals, economic studies and angry online posts, but what do they…