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Why I Hate The Term ‘Broken Home’

October 11, 2015 by Mary Widdicks 2 Comments

Why I Hate The Term ‘Broken Home’

I hate the term “broken home,” meaning a family where the parents are divorced. I grew up in the generation of divorce. I can remember children from school who were one day exactly like me, carefree and fair game for teasing and name-calling, and the next they were just another casualty of the growing divorce [Read more…]

Mothers-In-Law Are Not Romantic: Advice For My Sons’ Future Wives

June 21, 2015 by Mary Widdicks 34 Comments

Mothers-In-Law Are Not Romantic: Advice For My Sons’ Future Wives

Dear future daughters-in-law, You will one day think of me only as “mother-in-law” or “his mother”, but I can still remember being 18: the world was full of possibilities, love was all consuming, and marriage was the end of a fairytale. I thought I had it all figured out, but I’d forgotten one very important [Read more…]

Why I’d Choose My Husband Over My Fantasies

February 2, 2015 by Mary Widdicks 10 Comments

Why I’d Choose My Husband Over My Fantasies

I’m just going to come right out and say it: I indulge in the occasional fantasy about men other than my husband.  I’ll wait while you digest that Earth-shattering bombshell. Of course, my fantasies are not always hot, steamy, nights of passion and athletic sexual prowess either.  Sometimes I fantasize about Adam Levine vacuuming my [Read more…]

Clash of the Couples

September 17, 2014 by Mary Widdicks 6 Comments

Clash of the Couples

Hey, guess what everyone!  I have an essay in an upcoming anthology about the troubles and strifes of marriage.  I can’t tell you how excited I am to be part of this project (although my husband might not agree!) and to be among the first to reveal to you the fabulous and slightly scandalous cover.   If you’ve [Read more…]

10 Reasons I’m a Terrible Wife

June 24, 2014 by Mary Widdicks 26 Comments

10 Reasons I’m a Terrible Wife

I spend a lot of time worrying that I’m a bad mother.Do I feed my kids healthy meals?Do I give them enough one-on-one attention.What will they be telling their therapists about me in twenty years?The internet is a wonderful tool for feeding these insecurities.  When my youngest son was six weeks old, he got a minor [Read more…]

Talk Dirty To Me: The Secret To Good Sex in Marriage

June 20, 2014 by Mary Widdicks 13 Comments

Talk Dirty To Me: The Secret To Good Sex in Marriage

Today I’m lucky enough to have Meg, from Megsanity: Women, Psychology and Expletives, talking dirty for your entertainment.  When I asked Meg to write something for me I told her that sex sells and to make us laugh.  She took it one step further and wrote an amazingly funny and surprisingly insightful piece about sex [Read more…]

The Journey

February 12, 2014 by Mary Widdicks 17 Comments

The Journey

Time passes almost without us noticing. Our lives have changed so much. Our bodies change too, imperceptibly at first but becoming faster and more pronounced with every year. Like a snowball rolling down a hill growing larger and it gathers more snow.  One day we wake up, look in the mirror and we don’t recongize [Read more…]

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