Joni Edelman

I don’t think of myself as fat. Not inside, anyway.

My husband and I recently traveled together without our kids for the first time . . . in a while. And it was a brand-new ball game.

[CN: suicide, overdose] Gratitude stops me from ending my life, but it doesn’t stop me from wanting to end my life. Even the fierce love I have for my family doesn’t mean I don’t feel utterly hopeless sometimes.

I just listened to my four and six year-old children (one boy, one girl) have a lengthy bathtime conversation about babies, growing up, m

Look, I'm not saying McDonald's did this themselves, I'm just saying, a lot of the people that work there probably agree.

The argument against homeschooling is always the same: “Kids need to socialize.”

Can we just take a pause to consider all of the total fucking bullshit to which we subject ourselves?

“I don’t even know what to say, Joni. Your baby isn’t alive.”

Good news: they'll probably grow out of it. Bad news: probably not until they are 23.

More and more programs are offering services to help companies support and retain women during their maternity transition.