Being the only mom vs. being one of a pair

April 23, 2014

I have been chewing on this post for a long time. I am a non-gestational parent to my youngest child, …

Best mom ever

June 26, 2013

I have a confession to make. For a long time I was part of a two-mom family. My spouse and …

February 1, 2013

We have a long history of heavily editing children’s books on the fly. When Leigh was little, there were all …

January 6, 2012

Leigh started kindergarten this fall. She’s doing great and we are slowly adjusting to being parents of a “school-age” kid. …

September 15, 2011

I’m enjoying the writing prompts on queer parenting at Regular Midwesterners, so I took a go at their second question. …

October 13, 2010

Lex made a beautiful post a while back about her experiences as an non-gestational parent (NGP) once her 13-month-old was …

October 1, 2010

Since many lesbian couples contain two working uteri, and possibly two women willing to conceive, choosing who will try to …

August 22, 2010

For the first time since Ira’s birth, I’m on my way to a professional conference. For five days, someone else …

June 20, 2010

Lyn and I have had a large number of different nighttime parenting arrangements. When I was still nursing Ira (and …