The Importance of Grieving a Miscarriage at Any Stage

As someone who has served as a hospital chaplain in the dark, dark night and a sociologist who studies the world’s ills, I know thoroughly that grief can be everything from expected to a taboo. An area of grief we still struggle to recognize is that of a lost embryo...

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Being Present at the Holidays

My second Christmas as a parent, I resolved to do ALL of the things. I had two tiny boys, and I was going to singlehandedly create the world’s best Christmas experience for. Determined to make up for the lack of Christmas tradition I had growing up, I scoured Pinterest and...

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Keeping the Holidays Simple

Every year as the holiday season approaches, I get so excited thinking about all of the festive fun that is on the way. And every year I get stressed out trying to get everything done, see everybody there is to see, and making it all perfect…which just never seems to...

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When Baby Can Cover the Mortgage

A recent New York Times article followed the families of several toddler Instagram and YouTube sensations. “Why Isn’t Your Toddler Paying the Mortgage?” detailed the elaborate circus of a day that is the life of a family dependent on the compliance of a small child to foot the bills on...

Tags: Toddlers