Guest Writer
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What’s in a Name? First Names, Last Names and Naming Conventions Across Cultures
When I sign my name, I am Linda Li.
I don’t have a maiden name, and I didn’t change my name when I got...
You Don’t Have to Be Friends with Your Kids’ Friends’ Parents
You don’t have to be friends with your kids’ friends’ parents. There, I said it. It’s okay not to be friends. It doesn’t make...
Learning to Be Selfish after Becoming a Mom Gave Me a Great Sex Life
In recent years, since I became a mother twice over, and despite many changes to my body, I’ve embraced my sexuality more than ever...
Sex After Kids: Birth Destroyed My Body and My Sex Life
If you Google the phrase, “Sex after kids,” a quick scroll down the page reveals a list of articles and blog posts entitled, “Is...
The Road to Divorce: How My Wildly Unfulfilling Sex Life Ended My Marriage
My ex-husband and I had an abysmally unfulfilling sex life together. When I look back at the myriad reasons for our divorce, that one...
Sex After Kids Doesn’t Have to Hurt
Having kids changes everything. It changes every aspect of your life and marriage, including sex.
After my second child was born, it took me...
Sex After Kids? No, Thanks! At Least Not Right Now…
You know the feeling: You’re 5 weeks, 6 days postpartum, and you’re heading into your OB in the morning for the all-clear appointment. Your...
Sex After Kids: How Having Kids Ruined Our Sex Life
A question was posed to me about sex after kids. HA, I thought. What sex life?
You see, my sexual side before having kids...
LANACare Nursing Pads Saved My Breastfeeding Experience
Despite being over 4000 miles away from any supportive family or friends, I told myself, when having my first baby – I’ve got this...
Where to Cool Off: Swimming Holes and Pools in Vermont
Summer is here and the living is easy! Especially when you live in a State as beautiful as ours!
There's nothing more Vermont than finding...
My Stepdad Father’s Day with My Brand New 8 Year-Old Stepdaughter
I never expected to be a father. I made it to my mid-40s without having children. I was single and leading a pretty leisurely...
A Father’s Day Perspective from a Stay at Home Dad
The punchline of Australian comedian Jim Jefferies’ Father’s Day joke is the reason he doesn’t want a gift for the occasion: he can’t bear...
Being a Stepmother: The Toughest Job I’ve Ever Had
When I became a stepmother, I had been warned that parenting was the hardest job I would ever have, but also the most rewarding....
Celebrating the Chinese Full-Moon Festival in Vermont
Chinese New Year is known as the biggest holiday of Chinese people. I compare it to American Christmas. But not many people know the...