Do you have a burning question about pregnancy, modern parenting or family life? Send it to Evie at AskEvieColumn@gmail.com or click here to submit your question anonymously. Dear Evie, I’ve always wanted kids and for the first time, I finally think I’m ready to have them (I’m in a stable relationship and I’m financially secure). Only […]
I refuse to accept that this is the best we can do for each other. Even when the sun hits its apex, the Januarys around here are brutally cold. The cold’s only half of it, though. Despite the oppressive winter, it’s the only outside I have to go to, and so I bundle up and […]
We’re all just works in progress, and should always be striving to better ourselves in some way. But it’s also important to still appreciate where we’re at in this moment, and how far we have come. The other day, a friend and I were grumbling back-and-forth about our current woes, which included a slow time […]
I’m usually a happy person, but considering all the news of late, I’m beginning to wonder if we’re all just screwed. Coming back from vacation in northern Vermont a few weeks ago, my husband and I fantasized about buying a piece of land up there and building a cottage off the grid. The land would […]
This originally appeared on Alternet.org. Republished here with permission. Making a bucket list can make you feel kind of lousy if you can barely afford a bucket. “You’re never gonna climb a mountain.” When I heard that phrase on the TV show Desperate Housewives I was taken aback by its sting. The context was a couple cleaning […]
