by Amy | Jun 25, 2013 | My Family, Parenthood
The Huffington Post invited me to write an OpEd piece about Candy Chang’s TED Talk for a series they’re doing. This sounded like a cool challenge until I realized her talk was about LIFE and DEATH. How was I supposed to make that funny? Here’s...
by Amy | Jun 18, 2013 | My Family, Parenthood
Ever since Viv was three months old, we’ve been enrolled in a Mommy & Me class. Are Parent/Baby classes “a thing” where you live? Here in Southern California, these groups are super popular among new moms. I think it’s because so many of us are transplants, far...
by Amy | Jun 6, 2013 | Celebrities, My Family, Vanity
When I saw Scotty Baldwin sitting alone at the hotel bar, I couldn’t stay away. The man was a legend. He had caught the bouquet at Luke & Laura’s wedding, threatened to contest his divorce from Laura, and started a fistfight with Luke, nearly landing...
by Amy | Jun 1, 2013 | My Family, Our Situation
Lord, I’ve upset the Catholics. Okay, just one Catholic, writing for AltCatholicah.com, in a post that was picked up by pop culture website Acculturated. Go read it, I’ll wait. Here’s the author’s beef with me – when Leigh Fitzpatrick Snead reads a mom blog, she...
by Amy | May 19, 2013 | My Family, Parenthood
I’ve never spent a night away from my child. This is not a badge of honor – more like a virginity that I’m desperate to lose but can’t because I’ve got no game. Sometime after Viv turned two, I realized I was ready for a little bit of adult time. I wasn’t...
