“Today, my daughter, the first of my two kids, turned 10, and I noticed her feet now look like big kid feet,” writes Sara RF. “I don’t even know when that happened. They were petite little puppy paws like two weeks ago. Also, today, I realized that your hands start feeling the cold when you hit 39. This is the first time in my life that 40-degree weather has registered as cold or bothered me in any way. What gives?”

She’s got a pretty good idea of what happened, actually, and today she’s laughing at it… or trying to. Check it out.

Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor

“As moms, we've all experienced that end-of-night dread — the feeling of looking around at the day's chaos, being overwhelmed at the idea of dealing with it, and knowing that it starts all over when morning comes. If you don’t get a handle on the previous day’s chaos, it’ll just be waiting for you,” writes Deirdre Kaye. Something that’s helped her a lot? The idea of “closing duties.” Let her explain!