Jodi Meltzer Darter -

Death, Kids, Love, Mom

Five Years of Missing Mom

Five years ago today, I lost the person I was closest to for the first 40 years of my...

Family, Kids

"Mom, I Think You're The Tooth Fairy"

It was a battle of wits last night in my home. The Tooth Fairy versus an insatiably curious and...

Uncategorized

An Open Letter To My Beloved Husband On Our First Wedding Anniversary

Dearest Mike, I have officially spent the past 365 days as Mrs. Darter. Maybe my moniker hasn’t fully changed...

Mom

3:00 a.m. Messages for Mother’s Day

I recently inexplicably started the daunting task of sifting through old emails, trying to make a dent in the...

Family, Love, Mom

45 Takeaways From The First 45

I turned 45 recently, and I suddenly feel like a mom on the D-list. I am officially stalking 50...

ABOUT JODI

Writer, author, and Mommy Dish blogger who responds, on average, to 7 million kid questions a day.

An Open Letter To My Beloved Husband On Our First Wedding Anniversary

June 14, 2018

Dearest Mike, I have officially spent the past 365 days as Mrs. Darter. Maybe my moniker hasn’t fully changed professionally–I am weaning off Meltzer gradually–or at the kids’ school,...

Current Events, Kids, News

'Thoughts and Prayers' Don't Help A 7-Year-Old In Lockdown

February 15, 2018

Current Events, Family, Kids

12 Things That Run Through My Mind on Snow Days

January 5, 2018

Family, Kids

Mother’s Day: Mishaps, Mayhem, Mending

May 12, 2016

Kids

'No Homework' Policy Lets Elementary School Kids Be Kids

October 17, 2017

I picked my boys up after school yesterday and surprised them with a day at a farm I used to frequent as a kid. They climbed haystacks piled high...

News