Emma Chao/Scary Mommy; Getty I got a hysterectomy last summer and let me tell you, it was glorious. Cue the triumphant music. Angels singing. Fireworks. A ticker-tape parade thrown in my uterus’ honor, because that moody little organ had finally packed her bags and hit the road. I thought, This is it. This is the...
SeizaVisuals/Getty Images Someone once told me that you change the most as a person between the ages of 18 and 24. And looking back on those years, sure, I think it’s fair to say our personalities do come more into focus as we graduate high school and head off into the world. If you were...
Jason Horowitz/Corbis/Getty Images This story is an “as told to” and anonymous. The mom in this story is a mother of four, in her 30s, living in the Southeast. I did the math recently and discovered that I have been pregnant and/or breastfeeding a child for eight consecutive years. I’m in my late 30s, so...
Kobus Louw/E+/Getty Images Redditor u/Substantial-Goose386 (a fantastic handle, but we’ll call him Goose for short) is getting married in July and, as you can imagine, wedding planning is getting down to the wire. He and his fiancée are on board with everything… except for one thing: the role Goose’s son will play in their nuptials....