I'm writing in response to the letter you just read about the 38 year old mother of 3 who just lost her husband to cancer. It really hit home because I am a 38-year-old stay-at-home/home-schooling mother of 2 girls, and I am also familiar with losing someone to cancer as pancreatic cancer took my mother's life 3 years and 2 days ago. More >>

Here is my "soap box" of the year! I felt like an outcast at my children's school. I did not work 50 hour weeks. I did not drop my kids off at 7:15am in the cafeteria to wait until 7:45 for the bell, or pick them up at 7 pm from after school care only to feed them and put them to bed. More >>

I've been so blessed with a wonderful husband, whose profession has allowed me to stay home with 3 beautiful children (and 2 ill-behaved dogs)! I too am a beader (metal-smither, pmc enthusiast, resin crafter, etcher, etc). I'll try it all, but always come back to the beads. I started this hobby some 15 yrs ago. More >>

...[T]o prepare for this trip I had to leave our "children" (two black labs) at a local kennel. I found this very stressful... More >>

I read your blog about single income families being able to survive in today's world. That's us. We've got 3 kids under five, my husband makes $60,000 a year and we just bought a house. More >>

...After my husband proposed to me, we began saving every extra penny each of us was making. By our first anniversary, we had saved up enough to purchase a modest size house, with mortgage payments we could afford, even if my husband lost his job and had to work for minimum wage. More >>

I was just listening to the show and you were talking about how infants need to be home with their moms. I couldn't agree with you more. More >>

When it comes to the crucial age of being a new little person on the face of the earth, not even the best center-based day care can provide children with what they really need. Kids require one-on-one, loving care that responds to them individually. More >>

Though it has been 37 and 32 years respectively, since our babies were born, I was intrigued by your comment that some parents find it hard to find time to be intimate after their baby is born. More >>

I have been happily married for over 25 years now to my best friend and we did struggle with intimacy after both our children. I will admit it was mostly me. More >>