Babies

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Hollywood, here you come?

By singlemomseeking ⋅ March 19, 2008 ⋅ 9 comments

Storked’s post this morning at Glamour — “America’s Next Top… Baby?” – could not have appeared at a more appropriate time. A few days ago, photo team showed up at our door: the unstoppable Thayer, her assistant, two stylists, and a make-up artist.
They were here to shoot for a forthcoming piece I wrote for Jewish [...]

One single mom says that you should settle for Mr. Good Enough

By singlemomseeking ⋅ March 9, 2008 ⋅ 26 comments

In the past few weeks, so many women have forwarded this month’s Atlantic Monthly essay, “Marry Him! The case for settling for Mr. Good Enough” to me.
Have you read it? I’d love to know what you think.
When I first read this essay, I applauded the writer for putting herself out there. Although I don’t know [...]

Running into my lacto fetishist

By singlemomseeking ⋅ March 3, 2008 ⋅ 6 comments

I pulled a late night my final day in New York City, which surely exasperated the poison oak. After sipping wine with my superstar LifetimeTV editor at the chichi Bar Centrale, I headed downtown to hear some music.
Mae was with my best friend from Reed College uptown, making cookies, as I caught the subway to [...]

Jamie Lynn Spears to be a single mom?

By singlemomseeking ⋅ December 21, 2007 ⋅ 12 comments

UPDATE: If you haven’t read Ariel Gore’s “Congratulations to Jamie Lynn,” do so now.
Certainly, you’ve heard by now: 16-year-old “Zoey 101″ star Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant (yes, that’s right, Britney’s littl’ sis.)
She and her 18-year-old boyfriend Corey Aldridge may or may not tie the knot, depending on which gossip news source you’re following.
At [...]

How to be a mother

By singlemomseeking ⋅ November 21, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

If you have not read this week’s essay for Leslie Morgan Steiner’s “On Balance” guest blog at WashingtonPost.com, it’s time.
I’ve always been a huge fan of Steiner’s, and I even wrote an essay last year for her about trying to date as a single mom. (And subsequently got clobbered by her readers for it.)
In “For [...]