Why Covid Has Broken Parents’ Sense of Risk
There was a brief, shining moment in early summer when the decisions around Covid and my family felt manageable. My husband and I [...]
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Parenting Through Terminal Illness
One night last fall, as I sat in bed with my 9-year-old son, Cohen, he looked up at me through tears and asked, [...]
‘Mommy Brain’ Is Real
I’ve been playing a not-so-fun guessing game lately: Is my inability to form a coherent thought a result of pandemic fogginess or “mommy [...]
Three Musical Notes, 1,848 Miles and a Lifetime of Memories
I packed my bags for a trip I never expected to take, to a place I never imagined I’d visit. Three months earlier, [...]
Neglecting Yourself Doesn’t Make You a Better Mother
Before even becoming a parent, I was conditioned to believe that good mothers always put themselves dead last. At a college reunion years [...]
The Olympics Were Postponed. The U.S. Marathon Champion Got Pregnant.
Aliphine Tuliamuk was the surprise winner of the Olympic Trials marathon on Feb. 29. The elation was short-lived, though. Within a month, the [...]
Ex-Arizona Official Gets More Than 6 Years in Prison in Adoption Fraud Scheme
A former Arizona official was sentenced on Tuesday to more than six years in federal prison for running a multistate adoption fraud scheme [...]
The Chaotic Circle of Caregiving
Parenting up and down the generational ladder has become almost ‘laughably impossible’ during the pandemic. By Adrienne Day “Where is your mask!?” It [...]