Joni Edelman

I don’t think anyone who has been to the spirited child parenting rodeo would call a mother who screams, “bad,” or who loses her temper, a “failure.” I think we all understand parenting is really really hard from the get go, and parenting a kid who won’t sleep, who screams and kicks and says they hate you, is its own challenge

Our relationship has been a little complicated. I've loved you a lot, and I've loathed you at least that much, but mostly you've just gone unnoticed. Except for those 5 to 7 days every four weeks when you made your presence quite evident, what with the river of life blood and the random excruciating, and from what I can tell, unnecessary, contractions.

Having kids doesn't have to mean the death of your sex life.

You should know that she is a really awesome human.

“I don’t even know what to say, Joni. Your baby isn’t alive.”

The argument against homeschooling is always the same: “Kids need to socialize.”

I guess the point of a spiritual awakening is just that; if you were already awake, you wouldn’t need a moment that was self-defining. You’d already be defined.

As a stay-at-home mom, I've made plenty of sacrifices. Where are my accolades?

She says she’s worried that the cat, whose name is Jack, doesn’t know what’s going on. She tried to explain to him that she was leaving for a while.

Are the advances worth the trade-offs? You be the judge.