Jonatan Fernstrom/Connect Images/Getty Images A familiar scene: you’re walking through the mall trying to meet up with your friends, shopping bags in tow. And, across the way, walking in the other direction, you see your mom. She’s waving to you frantically. Omg, you want to hide. As a woman in midlife, I’ve now been on...
When All Dogs Go to Heaven hit theaters on Nov. 17, 1989, it had the potential to be a huge hit. After all, Don Bluth directed the film, still riding high on a wave of profitable animated movies (The Secret of NIMH! An American Tail! The Land Before Time!). And this new film featured an...
Scary Mommy; Getty If you grew up anytime near the ‘90s, you were raised in the golden age of the great American family sitcom: Family Matters, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and of course, Full House. And if there’s one thing we all know about those wholesome classics, it’s that they each had a lovable...
TikTok My kids are #blessed with loving, kind, fun, and generous grandparents. They take them places, have them over their houses for sleepovers, do fun activities with them, and generally just make them feel loved, seen, and cared for. I also don’t think I can remember a single time when they’ve come back from spending...