Starshine Roshell

The moment had come. She stood there pretty as a picture, and he was nervous as could be. Could he pull it off? Would she say yes? "I pulled out a rose, got down on one knee and popped the ...

Men are supposed to be the logical ones. The more rational sex. And to the extent that they'll fetch a tool or phone a repairman when something breaks — as opposed to weeping, repenting to the callous gods of karma, ...

Never mind the baby books. Forget the motherhood magazines. Everything I needed to know about parenting I learned from other parents. Wiser parents. Parents who went before me, hacking through the murky jungles of momhood with the Machete of Courageous ...

Do you know what I love about mammograms? Neither do I, but I'm open to suggestions. Because my current feelings on the procedure are unaffectionate.

Frequently am I confounded by the stickers I see on the back of cars: The grenade silhouette. The TRUTH fish eating the DARWIN fish. The Calvin-esque little boy who pees on things.

Dear medical researchers in Finland, You have made my flipping day, and I want to tell you why. Your recent study linking pet ownership to healthy kids is the best news I've heard since … well, since my obstetrician said, ...

It was the "vagina" heard around the world. Michigan state Rep. Lisa Brown was on the House floor, speaking out against a bill that would restrict abortion access, when she uttered these bons mots: "And finally, Mr. Speaker, I'm flattered ...

Sometimes my kids ask me questions that rattle my mind like a cold, brass church bell. My skull had only just stopped reverberating from their last confounding query ("Mom, what does nothing look like?") when my teenager riddled me this: ...

I suppose they were reasonable things to come from a father's mouth. Still, they took me by surprise. "Only move one body part at a time," I overheard my husband saying as he helped our young son up a ladder.

I thought I had women all figured out. Thought I understood how they think. Thought I knew what makes chicks tick. Ladies, I've always presupposed, want a man with a certain set of attributes: Funny, smart, romantic. Confident, dependable, good ...

It's the most irksome and indubitable law of the universe: Fate favors The Planner. The gal with the foresight to research preschools while she's pregnant. Or to begin funding a 529 plan before her child can even gurgle the word ...

I hate things that make me sound like I'm 90 years old. And that's what online porn is doing. Beckoning our teenagers from their laptops, iPhones and tablets, X-rated websites are causing me to curse technology and pine for the ...

I feel a lot of different things when I exercise: Tired, resentful, inflexible. Hungry, gangly, territorial. Sometimes I feel excited about the bowl of Fruit Loops that I will suck down guilt-free when I get home, and occasionally I feel ...

It's being called "mommy porn" by even the soberest of news media — so naturally I had to check it out. E.L. James' erotic novel "Fifty Shades of Grey" began as "Twilight" fan fiction, meaning the characters and a few ...

Have you ever been skinny-dipping? It's just about the best feeling in the world: fretless, grin-in-your-skin freedom.