Lyz Lenz

As a working parent with two kids in school, my work begins on the weekends. It’s on the weekends that …

Two weeks ago, while I watched my 4-year-old at dance class, I asked my 2-year-old if he wanted to dance. …

I spent much of my childhood moving. Every five years and we were off, California, Texas, Minnesota, South Dakota. Each …

Now that the summer is over, I can reflect with nostalgia on how little I earned over the past three …

My daughter loves her hair. She believes it is magic – her hair can heal wounds. She spent most of …

Filling out school forms is one of life’s greatest sources of anxiety. Perhaps it’s because I spent most of my …

My daughter used to want play T-ball. She had pink shorts, a pink bat and practiced with her dad for …

Let them Eat Cake. (Yes, I know Marie Antoinette didn’t actually say that. Humor me.) It was almost dinner time …

With all the recent political traffic in Iowa, my 4-year-old daughter has a lot of questions about the presidency. What …

On my baby’s second birthday I was 1,600 miles away from him drinking with other writers at a writing workshop …

My daughter was 6 months old when I first heard a friend of a friend tell a story about how …

Yes, I know my baby is running away. Thank you. These words should be tattooed on my forehead. Everywhere I …

Years before I had children, my dear neighbor Natalie, who has five children, told me something I didn’t believe. She …

Every night, before I fall asleep, I regale my husband with stories from the day. I tell him how our …

My daughter is 4 now and she tells me she is ‘so old.” ‘But,” she clarifies, ‘I’m not die-old or …