Transient Inspiration

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Before becoming parents, we are certain of what we will never say and do. Riiiight. Here are 20 things I never imagined I would say as a parent.

While the breast may in some ways “be best,” it certainly isn’t "the tits."

There are many faces of depression: happy, sad, vacant, stable. But one thing is for certain: in order to #stopthestigma, we've got to recognize them all.

I watched the first year of my daughter's life underwater. (It was like holding my eyes open in an overly-chlorinated public pool. I could feel the phantom chemicals sting my corneas.) I choked back tears while she choked down Cheerios, butternut squash and breast milk

Like porn mags, pregnancy and motherhood mags can make women feel just as dirty. Here's why dirty magazines and motherhood don't mix for this writer.

Parenting presents all kinds of struggles, perhaps the greatest the toll it takes on marriage. Here's how my marriage survived mommyhood.

How do we come together the morning after? The morning after a fight. The morning after I criticize you, or you me. The morning after insults are hurled and accusations are made.

It's no fun being the parent who says "no" all the time. But what happens when you don't say "no"? Well. Here's how yogurt changed my parenting perspective.