By Her View From Home When Sex Is Used As a Bargaining Chip, No One Wins
If you surround yourself with enough women in committed relationships (both online and in the real world), you will inevitably…
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By Carolyn Moore Dear Husband, I Choose Us Today and Forever
I went to a wedding with my husband not long ago. It was a beautiful affair: twinkling lights, fresh flowers…
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By Deborah O'Ferry This Is the Part of Growing Up I Didn’t See Coming
I remember when I was 20, while drenched in absolute ignorance, and the slew of twenty-first parties began. Some weekends…
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By Shelby Skiles To the Nurses Who Care For So Much More Than Our Sick Babies, Thank You
Dear Peds nurses and incredible nurse techs, I see you. I sit on this couch all day long and, I see you.…
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By Sarah Whitman Postpartum Psychosis Is No Joke: Why I Won’t Be Seeing the Movie “Tully”
Editor's note: contains movie spoilers I really wanted to see Tully. The first trailer I saw for the upcoming Charlize…
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By Ashli Brehm I’m Living That Thirtysomething Life—and It’s Wonderful
I shaved my face the other day. I was ridiculously excited about it, too. I anticipated the arrival of a…
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By Laura Hurd I’m Not a Perfect Homemaker but My Husband Loves Me Anyway
My husband had to be at work at 11:00, so he had showered and shaved at some point before…
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By Nina Leicht-Crist Why I Hid My Postpartum Anxiety
After a failed vasectomy reversal, a second successful reversal, two failed frozen embryo transfers and six (in total) IVF with…
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By Kelli Bachara Losing the Ones I Love Most Is My Greatest Fear
There is always a risk in love. Loving someone is such a vulnerable thing because as you give your…
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By Nicole Merritt Dear Husband As You Turn 40
Hi Babe, Happy Birthday! Are you feeling old? I know you are because you keep telling me so. And, on the…
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By Ginger Hughes This Mama Didn’t Know It Would Be The Last Time
I didn’t know lying there in that hotel room bed, the sound of the ocean blowing through the opened door,…
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By Becca Sitzes Learning to Embrace Beauty Instead of Pursuing Perfection
The other day I saw a photo of myself standing near a river with my daughter and unbidden, the thought…
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