Relationships - Melanie Dale

Coffee & Crumbs Relationships

February 25, 2020

Coffee+Crumbs: I Love You, but If You Leave Your Plate in the Sink Again I Will Shiv You in Your Sleep

“You should smile more,” my husband, Alex, said. My inner feminist reared up. How dare…

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Relationships

February 8, 2019

Coffee+Crumbs: Middle-Aged Sexy Time

“Agghh! My back! Why did you do that?!” I gasped. “I was trying to be…

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Parenting Relationships

February 12, 2018

Coffee+Crumbs: Getting Up the Energy for a Fancy Date Night

(This photo is *not* from a fancy date night, but it is from our most…

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Parenting Relationships

August 13, 2017

The Problem Is Ours

So many times now I've sat in front of my little personal blog and tried…

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Relationships

June 14, 2017

Coffee+Crumbs: Daddy Is My Favorite

“Mom, who’s your favorite person in this family?” she asked, batting her long lashes at…

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Relationships

February 2, 2017

Coffee+Crumbs: Sometimes You Can Have Both

Have you ever unexpectedly ugly-cried after a movie? I watched a movie recently where the…

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Faith Relationships

November 11, 2016

How to Be a Good Neighbor in the Wake of the Election

My daughters were scared to go to school on Wednesday because they're immigrants and someone…

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Relationships

July 28, 2016

The Mudroom: Your Marriage Doesn’t Have to Look Like Anyone Else’s

When my friend Tammy, editor of The Mudroom blog, asked me to write about my…

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General Parenting Relationships

May 25, 2016

Melanie Dale: Cheer Mom

I am the world’s worst soccer mom. I hate grass. I hate sports. I hate…

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Parenting Relationships

March 15, 2016

Coffee+Crumbs: Eating Popcorn in the Dark Because You’ve Earned This

Attention moms of littles who haven't peed in private in two years: It will get…

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