Meredith Gordon
We All Think We Suck at Socializing: My Path to Finding Out an Epic...
Okay Meredith, even though you suck at socializing, let's give it a go.
Oh God, they’re talking about wine… I don’t know anything about wine. Shoot. Okay, just nod your head and wait for...
My Love/Hate Relationship with My Appearance or Me and My Scar
Many people have a love/hate relationship with their appearance. Mine really began when I was around eighteen years old. In 2001, I made one of the biggest mistakes of my life, aside from taking...
Teaching Our Children to Ride Bikes: A True Test of Patience
So here we go, another parenting milestone. Teaching our children to ride bikes.
I’m excited for there to be a four capacity bike rack on the back of our car. I can’t wait for...
I’m a Movie Geek Mom: We are Proud Television Owners
Before I had my son, as in, when he was kicking my bladder and making me rush to the bathroom every five seconds, I dreamed of a life with him, where we baked bread...
Love All Your Kids’ Differences Before They Have a Chance not To
The other day I took my son in for a doctor’s appointment. He checked out fine and when we were leaving, the doctor asked my son if he wanted a sticker, and my son...
A Social Media Vacation: Why I Probably Won’t Be Going Back
My family had been practicing social or physical distancing for two months. My hobby of performing stand up comedy had come to a screeching halt and I found myself, as many other people did...
My Doctor Can’t Make Me Lose Weight: My Body My Choice
A few months ago, I felt like I had my first real adult doctor’s appointment. I’m currently 37 years old. Oh, don’t get me wrong, I’ve had doctor’s appointments my whole life, but this...
Postnatal Depression: I Still Get Triggered Seven Years Later
I have two children ages five and seven and a half. So, why am I reacting to the sound of a random stranger’s baby crying by gripping my shopping cart with white knuckles?
Because...
An Empowered Woman: It Means More than What You Do for a Living
The other day, I scored big time at a local consignment shop. I got “Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls,” for a mere $4! This amazing book usually sells online for $35! Yay, consignment! I...
Why I Love Those in Nursing: A Quitters Perspective
Before I started college, I never really thought much about the profession of nursing. But once I hit twenty one that all changed. I was one of those early twenty-year-olds that every parent hopes...
Dog Owners! Please Put a Leash on Your Dog! A Parent’s Plea
Dog owners, I’m going to predict right now that some of you will hate me after reading this. In fact, I can feel the anger from all the way across my internet. But you...
An Autism Diagnosis: The Path can be a Lonely One
One of the hardest times for me as a parent was the year that my son was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
It wasn’t due to the fact of his autism diagnosis, but...
School Drop Off: Why Does it Feel Like I’m Back in High School?
I suppose it was stupid of me to think that all of the self-doubt I felt would end the minute I walked across that stage during high school graduation in my cap and gown.
I...
Grief Acceptance: The Final Stage Is Different than You Think
I remember thinking that if our lives are like novels, a series of chapters with characters coming and going. If my life were a novel, the chapters that had my father living in them...