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Life Lesson: Mothers and Daughters
HEALTH, RELATIONSHIPS Cheryl Huerta | VenusBlogs Contributor It took my mother having a stroke, being diagnosed with cancer and then dying to create the bond between us that she had so desperately...
View ArticleMidnight Confessions: Serenading the Boys
MOMS, RELATIONSHIPS Arden Leavelle | VenusBlogs Contributor Art: Anup Gomay “You’re my favorite mama in the whole world, and I love you, you, you.” I smile, tucking my little guy into bed as he sings...
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Love at First Heartbeat
MOMS, PREGNANCY Dori Hartley | VenusBlogs Managing Editor Dear Valentine, Years ago, as I reclined comfortably on an examination room table, an attendant jellied my belly with sonogram goo and, within...
View ArticleSorry Kids, I’m Fantasizing
HEALTH & WELL BEING, MOMS Linda Hill | VenusBlogs Contributor Photo: Bruno Santos Excuse me while I permit the other part of my brain to drift in favour of fantasy. It’s a snow day and I’m faced...
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Young Mom, Old Soul
HEALTH, MOMS, RELATIONSHIPS Kristal Heath | VenusBlogs Contributor I was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I lived until I was eight years old. After my parents’ divorce was finalized, my mother...
View ArticleFlirting with the Shop Girl
BEAUTY, LGBT, MOMS Arden Leavelle | VenusBlogs Contributor From the Midnight Confessions Series I love when life gives you an unexpected gift. There are the little ‘finding a $10 bill in your jeans’ or...
View ArticleFlying the Coop
MOMS Linda Hill | VenusBlogs Contributor I remember the day he was born – or rather the week he was born. He was my first. My water broke slowly over the period of that week and I slept so little that...
View ArticleMothers are the Best
MOMS Dori Hartley | VenusBlogs Managing Editor Happy Mother’s Day to the sisterhood of mothers. Once you’ve been a mother to a child, you share a deep bond with all the other mothers out there. What...
View ArticleInterview: Elaine DePrince, Supermom
MEDIA, MOMS Dori Hartley | VenusBlogs Managing Editor Photo: Michaela and Elaine DePrince, courtesy of Elaine DePrince This interview, by Dori Hartley, was originally written for YourTango.com and was...
View ArticleThe Best of VenusBlogs
VENUSBLOGS Dori Hartley | VenusBlogs Managing Editor Artwork by Dori Hartley With so many great articles written by so many wonderful authors, we found that after a year’s worth of VB goodness, the...
View ArticleCan We Tawk About Joan Rivers?
Can we tawk? Yes, we certainly can. Sadly, we can no longer ‘tawk’ with the New Yawker who coined the phrase – Joan Rivers. Joan died last week at 81 years old after undergoing a routine procedure that...
View Article9.11 – Every Second of Life is Precious
Every second of life is precious. 2001 was quite a year for me. I was diagnosed with breast cancer and told that not only would a radical mastectomy be imperative to my survival, but also that I would...
View ArticleBeing a Parent to a Fur Baby
Being a parent to a fur baby is just as intense and filled with responsibility as it is being the parent to a human child. Human beings really enjoy setting goals and standards. While some of these...
View ArticleMarriage – Divorce – Friends
SEX, RELATIONSHIPS Evan Chen | Contributor About 25 years ago, I sat with a friend in the front seat of his cruddy gray Toyota, geeked out of our minds on hope, dreams and ambition. We were parked...
View ArticleIs It Pinktober Yet?
HEALTH Gabrielle Vaughn | Blogger du Jour Well, we’ve hit October – time to do things in pink. Wait, what are we celebrating again? Oh yeah. Breast cancer awareness month. Not a celebration, though you...
View ArticleIt’s Egg-Freezing Time
HEALTH, PREGNANCY Evan Chen | Contributor Egg freezing. As they say these days, “It’s a thing now.” If you’ve been awake over the last few days and you’ve managed to hear above the words, ebola and...
View ArticleThe Little Loose Vagina – a tale of hope
HEALTH, SURGERY Evan Chen | Blogger Extraordinaire “Ha-ha-ha, ho-ho-ho, and a couple of tra-la-las – that’s how we laugh the day away in the merry old Land of Oz…” Remember that scene in the Wizard of...
View ArticleLike a Virgin – Vaginoplasty
SEX, SURGERY Gabrielle Vaughn | Blogger It was early morning and the store hadn’t opened its doors yet. I stood by my register and neatened the counter in preparation for the day’s events. The other...
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Pretty Proud
MEDIA, BEAUTY Evan Chen | Blogger Extraordinaire Tell me that when you see this photo with this tweet that you don’t just feel so happy for Barack Obama, that he gets to be in the presence of these...
View ArticleThe Power of Grandma
MEDIA, V TALK Gabrielle Vaughn | Blogger Deluxe Photograph by Paola Gianturco Grandmas are livin’ loud and large these days. Tara Sophia Mohr, expert on women’s leadership and well-being, talks about...
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