How I became a Stichfix convert
I have been listening to friends fawn over Stichfix for about a year now, and I’ve always been a skeptic. Stichfix is a personal stylist service that allows you to fill out a fairly detailed personal profile, that includes the kind of clothes you like and need, your height and weight, lifestyle information, and the items that you need. Once a month, they send a box that a stylist chooses for you. I’ve watched my friends get really great stuff but I’ve never wanted to try it myself. I’m . . .
What I want you to know: molestation can happen in plain sight
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest posts is written by Penelope. With all the hail storm brewing around Woody Allen and whether or not he molested Dylan Farrow, what I want you to know is just how easily a child can be molested. One of my earliest . . .
The best satire reviews on Amazon (take 3)
A month ago, I listed a whole new set of snarky Amazon reviews, because pretty much they are the best thing ever and totally justify the existence of the Internet in every way. It was so much fun that I’m dipping into that well a third time. Why? Because there are SO many. And because it’s hard to choose. And because: iPad toilet paper stand, y’all. Read the rest here. . . .
Watching the Oscars with children
Sunday night, I decided to watch the Oscars before the kids went to bed. This is the first time since having children that I have attempted to watch a show of my own choosing while my children were still awake. It’s like their brains exploded. HOW COULD I BE SO SELFISH. Once they realized that I was not, in fact, going to turn the channel to Disney Junior, they settled in and watched it with me, which provided a lot of hilarious commentary. India had quite a bit to say about the dresses and kept . . .
The Bachelor Recap: The Woman Tell All
Sarah James and I are talking about the Women Tell All episode of The Bachelor, which frankly . . . made us a little uncomfortable. I share a theory on who JPab ends up with (plot twist!), we speculate on the next Bachelorette, and we squirm as each contestant confirms her disdain for JPab despite crying over their lost love in the limo on the way out. Oh, and here is our friend who may need some counseling after the finale next week. Any predictions for next week? . . .
“Where you are born shouldn’t dictate whether you live or die”
Last week, I had the change to travel to Washington, DC for part of the ONE Summit. ONE is an advocacy organization founded by Bono, dedicated to addressing poverty in Africa. I attended as a ONE Moms ambassador, which seeks to rally moms around these causes. I’ve long been a fan of the ONE campaign so I was thrilled to become a part of the ONE Moms team. (And it didn’t hurt that I was joining some of my favorite ladies.) Our first day there, we spent learning about the initiatives that ONE is . . .
What to do with one day in San Francisco with kids
The kids had ski week last week – a west coast tradition in which the 1% goes to their ski chalets, and the rest of us either scramble for childcare or make the best of a random mid-winter week without school. We’re not big on cold-weather sports, or cold-weather anything for that matter. But our ski week coincided with Mark’s brother and family who live in Seattle so we decided to meet in the middle and spend the week in Sonoma County. On our way up, we took one day to see the sights in San . . .
That’s what SHE said: marriages are like houses, diversity at the Oscars, the American dream, gifted people and parties, and more . . .
Old Houses Are Like This | Girl's Gone Child But my silence is a ravine against his mountainous loud. And suddenly we are standing on either side of the Grand Canyon, communicating only through letters that cannot be delivered by post. “I feel like I’m alone,” he shouts against the borders of my whispers. “You don’t understand me,” I whisper into the margins of his cries. 'I Am Still Called By The God I Serve To Walk This Out' | Ta-Nehisi Coates For The Atlantic She wanted you to know that what . . .
PRESS RELEASE: Blogger loses will to write/live after being asked to weigh in on proposed gay discrimination laws
Kristen Howerton, the blogger who regularly writes here, has reportedly given up the will to continue blogging after being faced with writing yet another post about Christians behaving badly towards gay people. The blogger, who has written many times on the topic of how Jesus would respond to the LGBT community, received numerous requests to weigh in on the discriminatory bills being proposed in Arizona, Kansas, Georgia, South Dakota and Tennessee. And while her level of outrage would typically . . .
What I want you to know about living with a rare disease
Today is International Rare Disease Day, an advocacy day to bring widespread recognition of rare diseases as a global health challenge. I have a few folks who are going to share about living with a rare disease. Mollie’s son Austin is living with Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood I remember looking at Austin in his bed after birth, an overwhelming feeling came over me, and I just thought to myself, my life is so complete now. My son, Austin, was born and had . . .
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