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Coffee+Crumbs: Baby Driver

The first time I drove a car by myself, fresh new license tucked in my wallet and 16-year-old hands carefully …

Melanie DaleNovember 6, 2019, 12:12 pmDecember 25, 2019 0
Blog, Parenting

Coffee+Crumbs: If I Could Cinch Up Summer

Back in my eighties childhood in northeastern Ohio, my summer consisted of bike rides to our neighborhood pool with my …

Melanie DaleJune 9, 2019, 12:24 pmDecember 25, 2019 0
Blog, Parenting

Coffee+Crumbs: Our Family Ghost

This morning I flushed another dump that wasn’t mine. I didn’t bother asking whose it was, because all three of …

Melanie DaleApril 11, 2019, 11:49 amDecember 25, 2019 0
Blog, Parenting

Coffee+Crumbs: A Stink Bug Tried to Mate with Me

I live in Georgia, where the spiders and bugs are the size of dinosaurs. Since we don’t have enough freezing …

Melanie DaleMarch 15, 2019, 10:52 amDecember 25, 2019 0
Blog, Parenting

Coffee+Crumbs: The Most Isolating Thing I’ve Ever Experienced

I plod up the steps and open the door into the waiting room of the therapist’s office, coaxing my child …

Melanie DaleDecember 7, 2018, 11:11 amDecember 25, 2019 0
Blog, Parenting

Coffee+Crumbs: Moms Should Get a Pass for Public Peeing

Once there was a young mom. Well, young-ish. Okay, middle-ish mom with small children. Medium children. Okay, once there was …

Melanie DaleNovember 30, 2018, 10:32 amDecember 25, 2019 0
Blog, Parenting

Coffee+Crumbs: I See You, Teenage Daughter

Dropping the kids off for camp each year is a big event requiring weeks of preparation on my part to …

Melanie DaleSeptember 17, 2018, 11:19 amDecember 25, 2019 0
Blog, Parenting

Coffee+Crumbs: Restaurant People

It’s summer and writing is hard. The space around me has shrunk to next to nothing with the kids home, …

Melanie DaleJuly 16, 2018, 12:21 pmDecember 25, 2019 0
Blog, Parenting

Coffee+Crumbs: The Coconuts Stayed On

You know those friends who keep life interesting? Everyone has them. Your fun friends, the ones with whom anything can …

Melanie DaleJune 10, 2018, 4:20 pmDecember 25, 2019 0
Parenting, Podcast

Lighten Up #73: Bronwyn Lea

Today I’m talking with Bronwyn Lea, blogger, lawyer, immigrant, and mom. She loves puns, and we get punny, and then …

Melanie DaleMay 8, 2018, 6:30 amMay 7, 2018 0
Parenting

On the MOPS Blog: “Gird Your Loins”

“I have seeds in my balls? How do they come out? Surgery? IS IT WITH A NEEDLE?!” The sex talk …

Melanie DaleMarch 29, 2018, 8:40 amMarch 29, 2018 0
Parenting

Coffee+Crumbs: You Might Think I’m a Serial Killer

I hope you don’t find the box in my closet. I hope no one finds it because if they do, …

Melanie DaleMarch 12, 2018, 1:32 pmMarch 12, 2018 0
Parenting, Relationships

Coffee+Crumbs: Getting Up the Energy for a Fancy Date Night

(This photo is *not* from a fancy date night, but it is from our most recent date night, our annual …

Melanie DaleFebruary 12, 2018, 5:34 pmFebruary 12, 2018 0
Parenting

Coffee+Crumbs: Yesterday My Kids Got Along and I Almost Dropped Dead from Shock

Do your kids ever fight? Of course not, right? Your kids are perfect. You would never, for instance, awaken to …

Melanie DaleJanuary 5, 2018, 4:46 pmJanuary 5, 2018 0
Faith, Parenting

Jesus Blew Up Mary’s Birth Plan

Prepare the way for the Lord. – Isaiah 40:3 “Call your husband and tell him you’re having the baby today,” said …

Melanie DaleDecember 14, 2017, 10:19 amDecember 14, 2017 0
Parenting

Coffee+Crumbs: Just Figure Out About Santa Already

My uncle pointed up at the twinkling lights in the dark Kentucky night sky and said, “There he goes back …

Melanie DaleDecember 7, 2017, 9:56 amDecember 7, 2017 0
Parenting

The Mudroom: When Other People Think Your Kids Are Apples

The Mudroom asked me to write about parenting kids with special needs and as I approached the article, I kept thinking …

Melanie DaleNovember 1, 2017, 9:59 amNovember 1, 2017 0
Parenting

Coffee+Crumbs: That Thing Where I Have a Teenager Now

“My friend uses a credit card to do cat eyes with her eyeliner,” she tells me as she’s getting ready …

Melanie DaleSeptember 27, 2017, 2:02 pmSeptember 27, 2017 0
Parenting, Relationships

The Problem Is Ours

So many times now I’ve sat in front of my little personal blog and tried to organize thoughts about current …

Melanie DaleAugust 13, 2017, 1:34 pmAugust 13, 2017 2
Parenting

Coffee+Crumbs: Family “Vacation”

My husband and I recently took our three kids on a family “vacation” to Washington, D.C., where our son was …

Melanie DaleAugust 4, 2017, 12:03 pmAugust 4, 2017 0
Parenting

This Summer Will Be Different

My kids are coming home from school for the whole summer in five hours and you can see the whites …

Melanie DaleMay 26, 2017, 10:01 amMay 26, 2017 1
Parenting

Coffee+Crumbs: Why I’m Excited for Summer Break

I smash the alarm off at 6 a.m., pull a hoodie over my unfettered boobs, and knock on three doors. …

Melanie DaleMay 4, 2017, 1:26 pmMay 4, 2017 0
Parenting

Dear Teachers, We Appreciate You

Oh how I love thee; let me count the ways. When I think about the teachers in my kids’ lives, …

Melanie DaleMay 3, 2017, 11:11 amMay 3, 2017 1
Geeky, Parenting

Mother’s Day Gifts for the Mom Who Breaks the Mold

Well, it must be that time of year again when all the retailers turn their collective gaze to mothers. Over …

Melanie DaleApril 30, 2017, 10:42 pmApril 6, 2019 0

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