Amy Wruble |

That was then
My husband has a favorite memory from our dating days: I answered the door in a skintight minidress and heels and, bada bing, bada boom, we were an hour late to the party.
Since having two kids, we’re late to stuff all the time, but not for fun reasons. More like lost shoes and lost minds....

I would never say that motherhood was crummy, but my life is definitely filled with crumbs.
At any given time, the living room floor is littered with spilled cereal, broken pretzels, wet food that crusted over and turned into crumbs, dried Play Doh, tiny paper scraps from poorly supervised crafts and other embarrassing things that make me not...

Remember before kids, when you’d shove a credit card, cell phone and lip gloss into a tiny clutch that matched your outfit and head out on the town? Those were the days.
Now that you’re a mom, chances are your purse is more like Mary Poppins’ magic carpet bag, except instead of containing an enchanted potted plant and hat stand, it’s got everything needed to head off (or wait out) a toddler meltdown....

When I was a little girl, I was the host of my own TV program called “The Shower Show.” For a devoted audience of Barbie dolls and rubber duckies, I would test out all the shampoos and conditioners in my shower (which included Pert, Wella Balsam and...