Month: May 2008

This is always the hardest part … waiting for my period to start. I know it’s coming, and yet I have to fight the overwhelming urge to go out and buy yet another pregnancy test, […]

Okay, mamas. We know you love trying products that your fellow mamas swear by. So we polled a group of mamas and asked them to send us a few short descriptions of their “can’t live […]

I don’t know about you, but I love to read [really well-written] blogs. I’m especially obsessed with mom bloggers and taking a peek into other women’s lives. I think reading other moms helps us realize […]

Two weeks ago I had one of those moments of crisis when the only person I could really talk to, the only person I could fall apart with, was my mom. So I called her […]

contributed by Heidi Simmons In her book “For Women Only: What You Need to Know About the Inner Lives of Men” Shaunti Feldhahn attempts the impossible – unlocking the mystery of the male mind. Shaunti […]

Woe is me, second hour Sunday school is out for the summer. That means that now during sermons I’ll be scattered and scolding instead of focused and absorbing. Sunday was the first of such pleasurable […]

Name: Angela Mueller Children’s names/ages: Joshua, 13; Jeremy, 11; and Bethany, 3 Where were they born: All were born in Fayetteville Favorite parenting moments: A day with any one of my children by themselves. Advice […]

I’ve been charting my basal body temperature for over year and a half now. I have to admit that I was utterly flummoxed by the whole charting thing before I got started, but now it’s […]

Can I just say that Rose Tolly was stoked when I told her about winning the Underwood’s garnet pendant? And by stoked, I mean she said tentatively, “Are you serious?” I laughed out loud and […]

Dear Amy, To tweeze or not to tweeze, that’s my question. When it comes to tweezing eyebrows, how do you know the difference between “too much” and “just enough.” I don’t want to overdo it […]

A recent e-mail response I sent to an inquiring friend: “Yes, everything’s going well, except for the dead goldfish in my freezer. My husband tried to save it this morning by placing it in fresh […]

By Gwen Rockwood On our way home from school each day, we pass a big wooden sign advertising a new shopping center that’s coming soon. Just above the “now leasing” banner, there are several silhouettes […]

Name: Janine Parry Children’s names and ages? Kate and Paul, 2-year-old twins. Name five guests you’d like to invite over to a fantasy dinner party: Narrowed to living people: Margaret Atwood, Felicity Huffman, William H. […]