By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com What would you say if you were asked to finish that headline? Would you say difficult? Or maybe 13
Parenting
A Little Amazing
By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com Words are powerful. They can hurt and heal. They can discourage or inspire — create or destroy. Throughout our lives,
When It’s All Too Much, Set Boundaries
Some days, I wish I had an off switch. As a parent, I often find myself feeling like my life is a never-ending to-do
A Love Letter to My Body
In honor of the month of love, this column will be about how much I love my body. I will start with a poem.
A Letter to All of My Failures
By Melissa Stefanec Being a parent means experiencing many contradictory things at once. Parenting is both beautiful and scary. Miraculous and redundant. Exhausting and
Enough with the Stuff; Let’s Make Some Magic
By Melissa Stefanec As a middle-class parent, the holidays fill me with sugar, spice — and a little dash of dread. It’s not the
Gratitude Is in Plain Sight
By Melissa Stefanec American Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. It gives me a chance to combine two of life’s most wonderful things—gratitude
PickUp Lines for Moms Who Want to Make Friends
Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com Last month’s column was really heavy. It was also polarizing, bold and self-revealing. It dealt with abortion and I highly recommend
Maybe I Had One. Maybe I Didn’t.
By Melissa Stefanec elissaStefanec@yahoo.com As a woman and a parent, the last couple of months have been a dark time. I’ve felt hopeless, powerless,
Things I Will Never Make My Children Do
By Melissa Stefanec When you’re raising children, you’re bound to learn some universal truths. One of those truths is: you can’t make another human