Thomas Barwick/DigitalVision/Getty Images "How was Avery’s serve tonight?" my husband asked after I returned home from volleyball practice. I was lying on the couch, scrolling through Pinterest, busy saving all the pins I’ll never look at again. "Decent," I replied. "Decent?" he asked, "What does that even mean?" His tone was serious, so I lifted my eyes from the phone, struggling to find words. "You know, she hit the ball over the net." He raised an eyebrow. "But did she use the form I’ve been practicing with her?" My eyes were wandering back toward my phone screen. I figured honesty...
The Covid Kindergartners Are Now Off To Middle School
kate_sept2004/E+/Getty Images Of all the milestones I’ve experienced as a mother so far, sending my oldest off to kindergarten in the fall of 2019 was the biggest. I was emotional about it from the very start, and spent all summer feeling anxious about how fast time was going and panicked that I was so anxious, I wasn’t enjoying the time I was living right then with my girl, and then woke up in the middle of the night wracked with guilt about all of it. It was a vicious cycle but then, of course, kindergarten came. With its library visits...
Erika Dus Does It For Her Daughter
I first stumbled across Erika Dus’ Instagram profile back in the fall of 2024. Like many of you, I’m sure, I was getting served a lot of suburban-Swifties-for-Harris-walking content (usually while the subject was wearing a weighted vest). I was drawn to her love of TayTay, but I was also really drawn to her unapologetic realness. This, I could tell, was a woman in a much redder place than I was, being bold. I immediately liked her. Fast forward a handful of months, Dus is still at it. She’s not afraid to take on the RFK Jr. acolytes that seem...
How To Stock A Pantry That Makes Weeknight Dinners Way Easier
Mapodile/Getty Images It’s the middle of the week. The whole family’s finally home after the hustle and bustle of school and work and extracurriculars. And everyone’s hungry. You’re exhausted (because *motherhood*), so you don’t have anything planned, which means whipping something up on the fly. Say it with me: uggghh. Cue rifling through the pantry as you try to figure out how you’re going to MacGyver a meal out of boxed Kraft Macaroni and some potatoes that may or may not be sprouting. It’s a common pain point for so many of us busy parents. But is there a more...