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I belong to a few Facebook support groups for people my age with MS or any kind of Chronic Illness, and one thing that always strikes me as very tragic, is that a lot of people don’t have an effective support system. My husband and I have been married almost 11 years. We started dating […]

About two years ago, this cartoon rendition came out that was discussing the mental load that females carry in a traditional household setting. I read it over and over again, getting more and more upset with myself and with my husband. I actually stewed on this for over a week, frantically messaging all of my […]

So I had this elaborate and typical Mrs. Cookie intro paragraph written out but I’ve decided to not use it. I’m just going to cut to the chase and be real with you guys. I’m mean to my husband sometimes for no good reason. There, I said it. I remember the first time I admitted this […]

Mr. Cereal and I are working through some stuff right now and because we are committed to each other, we have taken the steps of speaking with a counselor to try to carefully talk about the issues in a safe space. Believe me when I say that this is scary, because it is. For nearly […]

Both Mr. Starfish and I come from divorced parents and it’s fair to say that we are overly sensitive about the state of our relationship at any given time. We’ve now been together for 14 years and our relationship has had its share of ups and downs, and I am definitely not one to say […]

I’ve been thinking about this for a long time and I often wonder if the things I am thinking or feeling are also things that other moms are thinking or feeling. Usually I am hoping that there are people who understand what I am feeling at any given moment, but especially so now that I […]

Mr. Dolphin and I celebrated seven years of marriage, eleven years of togetherness this past year. Throughout the time we have been together, we have moved ten times, lived in four regions (London, Indiana, California, and now the DC metro area), owned a dog, purchased two homes, traveled to ~25 countries, graduated law school, passed […]