Page 4 – Melanie Dale

Parenting

June 9, 2019

Coffee+Crumbs: If I Could Cinch Up Summer

Back in my eighties childhood in northeastern Ohio, my summer consisted of bike rides to…

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General

May 28, 2019

Coffee+Crumbs: Aerosmith, Sin City, and Flipping the Bird

I’m probably not winning any Christian parenting awards. This year my husband, Alex, and I…

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Parenting

April 11, 2019

Coffee+Crumbs: Our Family Ghost

This morning I flushed another dump that wasn’t mine. I didn’t bother asking whose it…

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Parenting

March 15, 2019

Coffee+Crumbs: A Stink Bug Tried to Mate with Me

I live in Georgia, where the spiders and bugs are the size of dinosaurs. Since…

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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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General

January 15, 2019

Coffee+Crumbs: We’re Pooper Scoopers

Last spring I got a new dog, Khaleesi, Protector of the Dale Kingdom, Mother of…

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Parenting

December 7, 2018

Coffee+Crumbs: The Most Isolating Thing I’ve Ever Experienced

I plod up the steps and open the door into the waiting room of the…

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Parenting

November 30, 2018

Coffee+Crumbs: Moms Should Get a Pass for Public Peeing

Once there was a young mom. Well, young-ish. Okay, middle-ish mom with small children. Medium…

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Infertility

October 29, 2018

Coffee+Crumbs: When Getting Pregnant Gets Hard

Monica: “I can’t believe this. My uterus is an inhospitable environment? I’ve always tried so…

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Parenting

September 17, 2018

Coffee+Crumbs: I See You, Teenage Daughter

Dropping the kids off for camp each year is a big event requiring weeks of…

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