Melissa Petro

The biggest fashion mistake of my lifetime may not be what I wore, but what I didn’t.

We’ve all been in a situation where we've thought NO ONE CAN EVER KNOW THAT THIS HAPPENED TO ME.

"We built a luxury dream home but can only afford to have two children."

Sure, "friends forever" sounds nice. In theory. But sometimes it's better that two people just not be friends.

Teaching sex ed the right way doesn’t have to be weird or hard.

If you watch TV and movies hoping to be emotionally moved or intellectually challenged, you know that means you’ll some

The other day on Facebook, one of my friends remarked that I was a “later-in-life” bride.

Stock photos seemed to get pregnancy and parenting all wrong. When a Facebook friend posted looking for a real life pregnant stock photo model, I offered.

Everyone I talk to agrees: Apparently, wedding planning is the most awful thing ever! Seriously, I did not know that when I first got engaged. This got me thinking... What else don’t I know?

Hate hurts us all, but we don’t all receive it with the same systemic intensity. Those of us with the privilege to do so need to push against the borders of what is “permissible” in this society. We need challenge the idea of “normal” — rather than conform to it — so that all of us can live more closely to our truths.