June 15, 2021
Coffee+Crumbs: Goodbye Grade School
I don’t want to open the email. Nooo you can’t make me. The subject line…
April 27, 2021
Coffee+Crumbs: Out Damn Spot
“Stop washing your hands so much,” the dermatologist tells me in February of 2020. I…
April 27, 2021
Coffee+Crumbs: All By Myself
“I am alone. I am utterly alone.” I was 11 years old and felt seen…
February 15, 2021
Coffee+Crumbs: Falling to Pieces
There’s this word puzzle I work every morning. It has letter tiles like Scrabble but…
February 15, 2021
Coffee+Crumbs: Scream Queen
She’s a screamer. I’ve tried everything but two-year-old Evie just needs to yell it out.…
January 5, 2021
Coffee+Crumbs: Explaining 2020 to My Grandkid Someday
“Grandmommy, tell me the story of 2020,” the little girl begged. “Are you sure, sweetie?…
December 8, 2020
Lighten Up #132: Calm the H*ck Down
Our series "Lighten Up about Parenting," wraps up today, which is perfect because, drumroll please,…
December 1, 2020
Lighten Up #131: Alex Dale
After a brief hiatus, we're back with the penultimate episode of our 10-part series, "Lighten…
November 11, 2020
Coffee+Crumbs: Conversations in the Land of Nod
When my kids were little, I looked at the bleary-eyed older parents around me with…
October 14, 2020
Coffee+Crumbs: Maybe I Could Fake My Own Death
I keep fantasizing about faking my own death. After—how many months of lockdown? I’ve lost…
