“If happiness came in a box”

This is a guest post from my single mom friend Annie Kassof, an amazing writer, illustrator, and mom.

These holidays, I’m sending so much love to her family, all of whom I adore. All comments welcome.

December
A few years ago I drove to OSH so my kids, at their request, could get me my Christmas [...]

Christmas at Glamour?

Christine Coppa over at Glamour.com’s Storked! blog is excerpting from my book, Single Mom Seeking, today.
It’s the week before Christmas, and we’re supposed to meet my ex — the father of my child — in the children’s book section at Barnes & Noble.
One year earlier, he’d split town — and now he’s back. Barnes & [...]

5 ways to have fun with your friends — without a babysitter

Today, please visit Singlemommyhood to read our guest post from the amazing Rookie Moms!
You’ll meet Heather Flett and Whitney Moss, whom I ran into at BlogHer in San Francisco last summer.
Heather and Whitney were both raised by single moms — and both of them turned out absolutely perfect.
Heather adds that her mom was single from [...]

Hey Facebook! Breastfeeding is Not Obscene

Pardon me for being completely one-sided here.
After all, I breastfed my kid for more than two years. I even made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for being one 1136 women in the SF Bay Area who simultaneously breastfed our babies in the same place. (Woo hee!)
If you haven’t yet heard the news:
Facebook [...]

Britney Spears, please cancel your Circus Tour

This week, Dr. Leah and I have written a letter to Britney Spears, in which we ask her to cancel her upcoming tour.
Her two boys need her right now, the tour can wait. (We know that she’ll go anyway, but it doesn’t hurt to ask?)