Ugh! My parents weren't preachers, but they were crazy fundie Christians. And I got knocked up by a PK in college. ( he left me 6 months pregnant, btw... Never paid support, still runs a jesus camp for teens. Eew.) anyway, I think the worst memory of my parents shaming my sexuality was reading my dairy aloud to my…

Thanks! My period has been renamed!

<3 I'm just so in love with him. My hubs and I agreed that we would let him be married to us.

I was so happy to change my name when I married. I came from an abusive home. My last name reminded me of people that hurt me, sexually abused me, and left me coping with PTSD in adulthood. For me, changing my name wasn't just about sharing a name with my husband- it was me being brought into his family and feeling…

It's so hard. Especially I'm the first and second trimester, when you feel like a beached whale and you don't look pregnant enough for people to know for sure that you're pregnant. It's an awkward time getting dressed because clothes aren't fitting and maternity clothes are still too big. I really feel sad for her…

It's great to have high expectations for character in your future partner, but geez. I have a few friends with lists like this, and I always tell them that the character traits are important, and everything else is not. I didn't marry the kind of guy I thought I wanted. He's taller, thicker, bald-er, and nerdier than…

I'm a watery mess now. <3

I'm in your boat. Please live by SF so we can be friends.

Yeah. For a long time that's how I responded when people asked me if my dad had molested me. I could totally relate to that, unfortunately.

I took this approach when I was ready to try dating again after my daughter was born. I had maybe 12 different really crappy dates, and that's okay. The next date after those, I met my husband. He has Asperger's, so if I hadn't put myself out there a bit it's unlikely we would have connected. I had always been a wait…

Oh man, my aunt got Making Faces for me when I was in middle school and in a rainbow eye shadow phase of my life. I still love it and use it as a reference.

I feel like I should add: my therapist suggested lipstick. I have PTSD from long term childhood sexual abuse and rapes in my early 20's, so I saw wearing makeup or dressing nice as a dangerous activity- something that would entice the next rapist and make me unsafe. Now that I am getting stronger, less afraid, and…

I love Sephora. I love it so much. I don't wear make up every day, I don't usually do my nails, I forget to put on lotion until my skin is scaly. I like that even though I don't usually get fancy I am always treated well by the employees. I didn't grow up with sisters or girl cousins, so a lot of that extra grooming…

I dream of her running in 2016. I adore her :)

The ranch is around hemet, ca. My husband grew up near them. I think it's actually in the neighboring city, San Jacinto.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is what I've been looking for. I was wearing a 36 dd because it's all I could find that even sort of worked, but I did the sizing on there and I'm a 30e. I'm so excited to get a new bra now :)

Mine is the golden gate, a short drive away.

The part about the Apple TV and the baby waking up had me shouting "yes! Yes that's the truth!" While my 2 year old was smacking my legs. I've been married for 3 years and he really is my best friend, but marriage is not all sex and sandwiches by a long shot. Or if it is, sometimes it's just masturbation and an old…

I want that van looking and smelling like the Powell BART elevator. :)

You sure do have it coming. I live delightfully close to your van.