Essays

A Stirring Story

Marriage, The Hard Stuff, Best of C+C, January BestMelanie DaleFebruary 9, 2022cancer, recipe, risotto, in sickness, in health, marriage, love after babies, melanie dale Comments

Has Anyone Ever Told You?

The Hard Stuff, MarriageC+C Guest WriterFebruary 7, 2022pornography, porn, addiction, marriage, love after babies Comments

Love Story, Rewritten

MarriageAdrienne GarrisonFebruary 4, 2022adrienne garrison, love after babies Comments

There Will Still Be Champagne

FriendshipC+C Guest WriterFebruary 2, 2022love after babies, friendship, galentines, rachel nevergall Comments

Exceptions to the Rule

PerspectiveC+C Guest WriterJanuary 31, 2022humor, white lies, aging gracefully Comments

Sins of the Mother

Beauty & Body ImageC+C Guest WriterJanuary 28, 2022eating disorders, binge eating, generational sins, freedom Comments

Making Room

Pregnancy, January BestAdrienne GarrisonJanuary 26, 2022making room, growing family, the little heartaches, adrienne garrison, januarybest Comments

Daughterhood Realized

AdoptionC+C Guest WriterJanuary 24, 2022adopted daughter, mother daughter Comments

Rags to Stitches

Working MomC+C Guest WriterJanuary 21, 2022mother daughter relationship, creativity, single mom Comments

On 3-Year-Olds, Interruptions, and Staying Present

PerspectiveMolly FlinkmanJanuary 19, 2022molly flinkman, threenager, staying present, interruptions, a new day Comments

What Each Other's Hearts Needed

The Hard StuffC+C Guest WriterJanuary 14, 2022loss of a child, leukemia, a mother's grief Comments

I Am Not an Octopus

PerspectiveC+C Guest WriterJanuary 12, 2022jillian stacia, sacrifice, writing, wild animal heart, supermom, our whole selves Comments

The (Yellow Brick) Road Home

PerspectiveC+C Guest WriterJanuary 10, 2022coming home, the choices we make Comments

Protective Instincts

Mental HealthC+C Guest WriterJanuary 7, 2022allie king, pain, protecting our children, being protective Comments

Can I Get a Witness?

StorytellingCallie FeyenJanuary 5, 2022callie feyen, goals, looking back, coming of age Comments

Silent Night

PerspectiveC+C Guest WriterDecember 22, 2021laura pruitt, divorce, Christmas, Christmas Eve, hope Comments

Will the Grapefruit Grow?

FriendshipC+C Guest WriterDecember 20, 2021moving, crystal rowe, slow growth, growing roots Comments

Christmas and Hurricanes

PerspectiveC+C Guest WriterDecember 17, 2021military family, deployment, melanie nelson, Christmas Comment

Weaning in the Land of the Midnight Sun

StorytellingC+C Guest WriterDecember 15, 2021nursing, weaning, Sarah Swandell Comments

Busy Making Other Plans

Working MomC+C Guest WriterDecember 13, 2021working mom, coronavirus, the plans we make Comment