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Introducing: The Way We Stay by Cere Demuth
Cere’s only son’s opiate addiction leaves her coping with pain, fear, and humiliation for twelve long years. A small town psychotherapist, living in the idyllic islands of the Pacific Northwest, she...
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Living Fearlessly Like My Daughter
My daughter Emma is the bravest person that I know. She is still a baby to me, just 18 months old, but she acts like she owns the playground. She runs right past the other kids slowly ascending the...
View ArticleWhat I Learned When I Lost My Voice
I was out with some friends that night before, toasting the New Year and the birth of a friend’s third child when my voice started to crack. Then it grew smaller and smaller. When I woke up the next...
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I Need My Space by Elaine Alguire
As mothers, our personal space is constantly compromised from the time our first baby is born. There must be a balance between snuggling in and needing our own space, and how to do we deal with it...
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Would you really die for him?
“I would die for him!” I clearly heard my thirteen year old daughter say. “I’m sorry…what?” I heard myself say in return. “But I would do anything for him”, she declared as she stroked his face....
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Grasping for time to stand still
My children have inherited my sentimental nature. When something comes to an end, like the school year; together, we wallow in melancholy over what has passed. We should revel in the triumph of what’s...
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The Power of 5 Simple Words
Slowly we walked down the street, hoping not to startle my son, in case he was hiding somewhere, hoping to find him around the next corner, hoping this was just a joke. Finally we found him, at the end...
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Why Your Husband Isn’t Doing You a Favor
The other day, I went out for a bit by myself. I asked my husband to watch them for a while. Here’s how that conversation went. Me: I’m feeling the need for some alone time. Do you think it’s okay,...
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Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Organized
Happy January! It’s that time of year when Moms everywhere make half-hearted promises to themselves that their cluttered, flustered, messy days are over. Next year, damn it, things are going to be...
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Lie With Me
“Lie with me, Mommy,” his little four-year-old voice says. “I can’t sweep well. I need a friend to lie with me.” I almost always say no. From the time he was born, I’ve never let him sleep in my bed....
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Finding Home and Contentment
Isn’t it easy to want what we don’t have? The “grass is greener” mentality is real and not just something that affects us in younger and more vulnerable stages of our life. I live in Yellowstone...
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Breaking the Dad Stereotype
All too often dads are tarred with a brush that paints them as incompetent, lazy, selfish and in many ways useless. Perhaps it is time to break the dad stereotype. I hope I have in some way already...
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