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Category Archives: Family
Supporting My Non-Binary Child in a Gender Binary World
Being nonbinary is different from being transgender. In society, people can better understand transgender (understand, not support) because a person is still either male or female. But, nonbinary falls into a hard-to-grasp gray area. Read More
Clinging to My Geekdom to Guide Me Through Grief
So which fictional TV or movie mom would you choose to be your mom? “Sarah Connors (‘Terminator’), Joyce Summers (‘Buffy’), or Mrs. Weasley.” Little did I suspect that I would soon be channeling these women as I shape the next phase of motherhood when my husband died in his sleep the following morning. Read More
Mother’s Day Can Sometimes Be Difficult to Face
GeekMom Elizabeth discusses how Mother’s Day can be hard while dealing with an estranged mother, secondary infertility due to PCOS, and pregnancy loss. Read More
What Free Comic Book Day Means to Me
Ideas are often born by accident. Think of your favorite restaurant, movie, or, of course, your favorite comic book. Every finished product, logo, and brand started as a suggestion of a thought. The buildings in cities. The cities themselves. This idea that every tangible structure, creative product, and service started as an idea, inside the… Read More
We Discovered the Cause of My Secondary Infertility and Decided to Stop Trying for Another Kid
GeekMom Elizabeth discusses how she got answers for her secondary fertility and making the decision to stop pursuing another pregnancy. Warning: This article discusses miscarriage and fertility issues. Read More
Musings on Tweens and Pre-Teens
Amy ponders having two tweens, what they’ve outgrown and what they still fall back on. Read More
Celebrate World Anime Day! 5 Family-Friendly Anime to Watch with Your Kids
Celebrate World Anime Day with this list of family friendly anime that my young children and I watch together, even though it’s a Monday… Read More
“Free Mom Hugs” at a Pride Festival Near You!
Rebecca Angel has teamed up with other moms to bring love and acceptance to all kids no matter what their gender identity by wearing Free Mom Hugs t-shirts at Pride Festivals. Join them! Read More
Flying with Fifinella: A Visit to the WASP Museum
Take a peek at the legacy of the Women Airforce Service Pilots and their Disney-designed mascot at the WASP WWII Museum. Read More
An Empty Nest and a Shelf Full of Games
When the kids move out and you still want to play games, what do you do? Rebecca Angel ponders her growth as a gamer and how to find other people to play with. Read More
One Parental Responsibility Too Far
Why don’t I volunteer with my kids’ activities more often? Because my ADHD brain gets overloaded far too easily. Read More
Bullet Journals For the Unartistic
Missy tells us how bullet-journaling has helped her organization so far this year. Read More
A Conversation With My Younger Self
Present Me and Past Me have a slight misunderstanding regarding expectations for life. Read More
Indian Same-Sex Relationships: A Case for the Gender-Neutral É (and Sometimes O)
Looking forward to a time when same-sex couples may legally be allowed to marry in India, I can’t help but wonder about the role language itself plays in cultural adaptation. And for that, I’d like to propose the gender-neutral “é.” Read More
‘The Period Game’ Kickstarts Menstruation Conversations
‘The Period Game’ is designed to normalize conversation around menstruation and familiarize players with words like tampon, period, and flow. Kickstarter begins on February 5th. Read More
As Time Goes By, I’ve Been Thinking More About Time
There comes a time in life when we think more and more about the time we have, and what it means to each of us. Read More
Why We Went Social Media Public with Our Miscarriage and Secondary Infertility
Why my husband and I decided to share our miscarriage and secondary fertility experience. Read More
‘Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid’ Comes Out In April
‘Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid’ is an accessible crossplay fighter game featuring classic Power Rangers and villains as they battle it out for control of the morphin grid. Read More
How to Organize Building Toys Like LEGO
How to organize building toys such as LEGO. Read More
