Okay. Third college drop-off in six days. I promise next week we’ll get back to a medical topic. This one is the hardest. Why? Because it’s the last one. I am about to come home to a house that is decidedly emptier. And how do I feel? Old. That’s the word I keep coming back to. Old. I don’t know why, but I keep picturing the couple from the movie Up. And we all know how well that turned out for the wife. (If you don’t know, go watch the movie—but know that the first five minu

What does soiling the nest mean? Well—just what it sounds like. Shitting in your house. It's that period before a kid leaves home when the bickering seems to increase, the eye rolling becomes Olympic level, the nagging reaches new heights, and everyone suddenly finds everyone else incredibly annoying. And why do we soil our nests?

This week, I prepare to drop off all three of my kids at their respective colleges for the first time. Which, I guess, makes me what people call an empty nester. But why do they call it an empty nest? When baby birds grow up and fly away, the mama bird also abandons the nest. Yet in my case—and maybe yours—you have to return to the nest. So what exactly are you returning to?

Motherhood changes people in ways that are difficult to explain until you live it yourself. Whether you are raising toddlers, teenagers, adult children, stepchildren, or supporting others in a caregiving role, becoming a mother shifts your priorities, identity, emotions, and understanding of love. For me, motherhood has been humbling, exhausting, funny, overwhelming, and deeply meaningful all at once. These are the biggest lessons I’ve learned from being a mother. 1) Motherho

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Have you heard about this Tik Tok trend? (Yes. Yes. I am in the know). Mom—what were you like in the ’90s? ahem… cue Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls… and begin In the 1990s, I was: 1) Ditzy (on purpose).I had been a full-on nerd growing up—mathletes, teacher’s pet, the whole deal. But in the ’90s, being smart wasn’t exactly cool. Life goals involved being like Kelly Taylor, not Andrea Zuckerman (Thursday night 90210 viewings were quintessential ’90s dogma). Then, my sophomore year,