XOJane

My husband and I became foster parents because of infertility. Finding out we would never have our own children was hard, but it was something that we could handle. Receiving our first foster-care placement was, to me, like giving birth. He felt like he was mine from the moment I saw his

No longer the mark of sailors and whatever other archaic stereotypes they conjure up, tattoos are now mainstream. I’ve met more than a few doctors and lawyers with visible ink. Housewives have gotten in on the fun with tattoos from their “wild” days. Others commemorate special occasions, like

One of the hardest things about becoming a stay-at-home mum is the feeling that you’ve turned invisible. Once the gifts and the cards following the birth of your baby subside, the indifference to your daily grind can be depressing.From the moment my new-born daughter woke me, my day became a litany

There’s a bit of a misconception on what relationships should be like when we’re young. We tend to get so caught up in love with each other and so impatient with wanting to start our lives with our significant other that we start treating our relationship like a marriage. We hold expectations,

One of my favorite studies, which admittedly I never could actually find and only heard paraphrased by a doctor I trust, is about these mice. I like it because it is so often applicable to situations I am in where sometimes I'm the mouse and sometimes I'm the human experimenter, but it helps to