My dad was at our house late one night last week and we got to talking about olden times. Since he was only 14 years old when I was born, he didn’t have much to do with raising me. There are no pictures of us together when I was a baby because my grandpa was pretty pissed at him for...
If I could sing via text, I’d be singing you Happy Holidays right now. I hope your celebrations are warm, safe, and joyful. Right now I feel lucky to have a big turkey feast to indulge in, and a tree full of presents to share with my family after all our hard work this year. I know many others are...
In 2008, Ricki Lake & Abby Epstein released a documentary film about the current state of maternity care in this country, aptly titled “The Business of Being Born.” The film highlighted the overuse of medical interventions, as well as the feminist argument for normal, woman-centered birth. As I watched this movie at 36 weeks pregnant with my second son, I...
I have a WordPress app on my phone, which I’ve previously only used to check (and sometimes respond to) blog comments. In general, I despise typing anything on my phone, but since I’m traveling today, I thought this would be a fun experiment for #NaBloPoMo. Jolene didn’t want to sleep last night, and once she finally did start to doze...
Yesterday, I posted a fundraising effort to help get me to the LA premiere of More Business of Being Born, and thanks to my amazing, AMAZING readers, I was able to purchase my flight before the night was over. Seriously — I have NO idea what I have done to deserve the generosity of some of you, but it makes...
Yesterday, I received a very special press pass invitation to attend the red carpet premiere of Ricki Lake & Abby Epstein’s newest film More Business of Being Born — the four part followup to the 2008 hit documentary The Business of Being Born. I’ve also been offered two pairs of tickets to the November 9th premiere to give away to...
Last year, we were forced to quickly move out of our home of three years when a flood ruined the lower level of the house. We were renting the place, and the landlord wasn’t all that interested in doing flood recovery. Since we had no hot water and the place stunk like a moldy sewer, we moved in with my...
