Starbucks is the canary in our society’s coalmine — I’ve been unable to get Starbucks for the last several days. The inside is closed. Supply and staff shortages. The drive-thru line is simply too long, stretching out into the road in most locations, at all times of the day. None of the Starbucks in my town are taking online…

What it means to be a mom — I have a strange tendency to boast about the fact that TV shows and movies rarely make me cry. I don’t know why this is something to be proud of, and the incidence of my eyes getting watery has definitely increased since I became a mom. I went down some…

As I sit down to write this, she is watching me, waiting. She is going to come up to my laptop and swat the lid closed. She’s just waiting for the right moment when I’m not paying attention. Earlier this morning, she waited until I was coming out of the…

Let's stop calling it that — How many times have you heard it? Being a mom is the hardest job in the world. It’s the hardest job you’ll ever do. There was a quote in the Hulu show Fleishman is in Trouble that really stuck with me, and it took me a few days to figure…

It actually can be bought at a store — It was like a light was shining down from the heavens onto this beautiful creation. The thing I had been searching for. The thing I didn’t know existed but always needed. It was the perfect gift. For myself. It was an advent calendar. Only instead of chocolate or socks, or…

You should definitely read this — For parents, there is a magical time when kids believe that you know more than them, and they actually do what you say. As any parent knows, that time is all too short. Suddenly, a phrase that you probably uttered hundreds of times on any given day becomes ammunition that…

Things are bonkers, let’s not pretend otherwise — In the least surprising news ever, a new study revealed that 42% of working moms have been diagnosed with anxiety or depression. The only thing surprising about this is that it was not 100%. …

The service industry is headed toward implosion — “We’ll be there between 3 pm and 7 pm”. Those windows of time have always been annoying and inconvenient, but they were always true. Until this year. In the past, whether it was the cable guy, a repair person, or the alarm company, even if they came at the very…

Just don’t do it — How often has this happened to you? You’re feeling pretty good, just going about your day and someone makes a little comment that completely puts a damper on your day. It happens so fast sometimes it is unbelievable. The most recent one that happened to me was three little words…