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Here’s to Us, Middle-Aged Moms Just Trying to Keep Up

Do you ever feel like the rotting avocado on your counter? There it is. So promisingly fresh. So deceptively OK. Until it’s taco Tuesday and what…

There’s no denying I’m in the thick of my 30s. The truth is, it feels like I’ve lived three different lifetimes already, and I’m far from 40.…

Dear younger me, Good news is you’re still going to be kicking it at 49, which should shock you considering you think people my age fall into…

I’ve got a birthday coming up. The big 3-9. An age that can no longer be classified as “mid-30s” and is one slippery year away from the…

1. You no longer care what people think. You own your style, your flaws, your awesomeness. You ain’t got time for no janky nonsense. 2. There’s…

Some say life begins at 40. I see it a little bit differently. Your forties, when bad things happen to good people. Your forties, when it truly is…

First, let me say that I’ve met some of the most focused, compassionate, confident, amazing-head-on-their-shoulders twenty-somethings. I, on the…

Happy New Year! It’s that time of year again where many celebrate, indulge, reflect, and sometimes announce grand gestures of changes in…