Backwards, forwards, upwards, and onwards. This has been the way I’ve been living my life for over a year now and I can’t turn back, nor do I want to. The last few weeks have been a daze of both international and domestic travel complete with trains, planes, and automobiles. As I sit and write […]
She’s a writer whose work is spread liberally across the web—and whose first anthology, The Good Mother Myth: Redefining Motherhood to Fit Reality
Going out together with a group of friends felt weird the first time I did it. Most of my friends, if not all, are married or in committed relationships. To those who were meeting me for the first time and had no idea of my past, I was, on the surface, simply just another single […]
We’ve waxed on before about our love for the English grocery chain Waitrose…but on a recent trip, I noticed their priority parking for parents with kids, and fell even more in love with them. The best parking spots, devoted to families. I think Ikea does this too. Any other big companies you know of that […]
To clarify, I want to say one thing: although the situation I’m in has definitely changed my life in more ways than one, it is what it is. My being a widow is a part of what I am, but it’s not who I am. I am a mother, a daughter, a sister. I am […]
Israel-based food stylist Deanna Linder and photographer Danya Weiner run Matkonation, a beautiful, inspiring, and delicious food blog
This is the introductory piece to a new series from Tanya Fujiki-Hastings, a new contributor to Momfilter, who writes a blog called T Spoon of Sunshine. I’m a mom. I’m single. And I’m a widow. Hi, I’m Tanya. Nice to meet you. The first death anniversary of my late husband Ryan is quickly approaching and […]
No one wants their kid to be a picky eater, not least of all a guy like me; I’ve basically built my entire adult life around food and drink. I’ve spent time preparing it, enjoying it, reading about it, sharing it, and writing about it. So when my son, Finn, came to town for Father’s […]
It’s July. Not every minute is crammed with camps or classes. The other day my five year-old draped a Duplo dinosaur with a strand of buttered linguine as if pasta were the new accessory for hard plastic fawn-colored dinosaurs. The dinosaur was “Dinee,” in case you wondered. “You need to wash the dinosaur,” I told […]
We’ve loved Yellow Owl Workshop for a long time, but when we heard about Christine’s #getwise2013 project to combat new mom brain loss
She’s the creative force behind Double Bravo, a stationery company with a focus on memory keeping and travel
Former Cookie contributing editor, she’s just come out with a must-have dessert book, Sweet Home: Over 100 Heritage Desserts and Ideas for Preserving Family Recipes
