Before we came to earth there was a big meeting. Well, there probably were a couple big meetings. But one of the most influential meetings was called “The Life Plan Meeting: An Exercise In Agency” and that is the big meeting I’m talking about.

The kids and I are in the kitchen making gingerbread men for Family Home Evening when the phone rings. I answer it with sticky, flour-y hands, noting my mother’s name on the caller ID, feeling flustered by the interruption yet proud of myself for being in the middle of a cinnamon-scented pre-Christmas baking scene.
“Hi, Mom. [...]

My two and a half year-old “baby” doesn’t eat, at least not enough.

CJane is taking a “break” from blogging for a month or so. Look for her triumphant return on Valentine’s Day at her fantastic blog. In the meantime, she has condescended to let us read some of her vintage posts. Lucky us, No?
My Mom was always great at being excited for her enamored [...]

The submissions deadline for our summer issue  is February 1st.  We’re hoping to hear from you!

Patience. I’ve learned a lot about that word since my husband got sick two and a half years ago. Of course I’ve learned lots of other things too. I can tell you how standard lyme tests have a false negative rate of 40 percent or more, which led to a delay in Don’s diagnosis. I [...]

Other people’s children. I read about them in the many magazines that show up at our home. I read about their amazing stories, their victories, their trials. Every month I read new ideas, new methods, and new tales of joy, happiness, sadness, pain, anger, and triumph. Everyone’s got one - a [...]

I have a question: Who are we anyway? The only thing I’m sure of is this: I am interior decoratively challenged.

I stayed up late writing an article discussion last night. I had been thinking about it for over a week, had mulled the ideas around in my head and though I got started late I was thinking, this is brilliant, an essay in the making. I used to do the same thing in [...]

Zero. That’s how many women have admitted to being happy so far in response to this post. And should we expect anything different? After all, Segullah blog is associated with a literary journal. And aren’t literary types usually depressed?

And this is how it goes:
I feel gloopy.

I realize I’m breaking with convention a bit here, as we usually discuss Segullah articles on Mondays. Today, though, I find myself haunted by another article.

I’m a person who believes in equality, fairness, and logical thinking. I’m also stubborn, independent, and outspoken. When my first daughter was born nine years ago, I wasn’t about to become a traditional wife and mother. Because of that back story, and the events that followed, I was fascinated by Sharlee’s comment about not being [...]

“I am so excited for you to read it!” said Lani (her voice is the best, the kind you want to hear on self-help tapes).
Her excitement came from my un-American confession that I had never read To Kill A Mockingbird. Allow me this, when you are an American (as I am) and you have not [...]

Just watched the ball drop (on a 2-hour time delay) with 4 of my 7. Wanted to share the moment with all of you.
Cheers!

I’ve lived in three states in three diferent regions of the country. I was raised in the West with big sky and big dreams. As an adult and young mother, I moved to Maryland, arguably the narrow entrance to the northeast. And now I live in a small house that sits on [...]