From prenatal Zoom sessions to FaceTiming from the delivery room, the pandemic has changed how doulas work. But by keeping communication the focus, new parents can get the guidance they need no matter the mediums required. In pandemic times, some hospitals’...
I’m the resident drama teacher at a local preschool, and my young students learn best when we’re having fun. Whether we’re pretending to be zoo animals or cleaning up, we make magic a few mornings a week. Then I go home and try to be a good mom, or...
I used to rock the hell out of sexy, I swear. But for me these days the thought of Valentine’s Day conjures up feelings of stress as I wonder where sexy has even gone. Call it having three kids, a husband who travels on a weekly basis, and zero time to spend on...
This is a guest blog post on DorriOlds.com Lost Dog: Feeling Loss When a Dog Goes Missing “Please keep calm,” said Tamara, our British pet sitter, “Quigley has run off in the wood but we’ll find him.” We were American Ex-Pats living in the UK and we were visiting home...