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

They will 

The Interent is ugly sometimes. And raising kids using it doesn't always make it easier.

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

As a former Mormon, the Church's revelation that they're going to start “loving and accepting” the LGBT community makes me laugh. Hard.

"She has created an important space on the internet and in the real world, a space that women and girls are free to take up however they please."

It's not always easy to find a new partner when you have kids in tow. But not only is it possible, it's worth it.

I'll never forget the day I discovered the name for my mental illness.

By baby three, well let’s just say things are a little anticlimactic, at least where furnishings are concerned. Hand me down crib. Check.