This originally appeared on Mamamia. Republished here with permission. Sometimes I look at my wedding photo and I don’t recognize the bride smiling back at me. And I suspect she wouldn’t recognize me either. She’s 34. I’m 42. That woman in the photo? She gets eight hours of sleep per night. I average five. She […]
This originally appeared on Mamamia. Republished here with permission. At some point when I wasn’t looking, I became a shit friend. The type of friend people start whinging about a lot when they’re at dinner and they’ve stopped discussing The Bachelor. The type of shit friend who never returns phone calls. Or emails. Or text […]
This originally appeared on Mamamia. Republished here with permission. For more than 30 weeks I’ve been keeping a secret. I’m pregnant. With child. Knocked up. Got a bun in the oven. Up the duff. In the pudding club. On stork watch. Preggers. In the family way. That’s right, in less than two months I’m due […]
This originally appeared on Mamamia. Republished here with permission. I’ll cut to the chase. Last week I behaved like an asshole. I was out at a book store event with my splendid, 40-something friend Zoe when I took it upon myself to insult her. More on that in a sec. Let me tell you about […]
Originally appeared on Mamamia. Republished here with permission. My timing could be better. We’re just over a week away from Mother’s Day and here I am writing a post that essentially criticizes my mom. Let me tell you, it makes for uncomfortable writing. And it’s entirely Kate Winslet’s fault. More on that in a moment. […]
