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Guest Post: Walking a Fine Line

I've found that most of my readers, or at least the ones who comment regularly, tend to be women. As such, I was THRILLED to receive an email from Nick who expressed interest in submitting a couple of guest posts. Even better, Nick is an extremely talented writer (just check out his bio — wow!) whose blog I find thoroughly entertaining and subscribed to almost immediately. Here, Nick writes about his new role in life as a new dad and the ever-changing relationship he experiences with his 4-month-old daughter. (And I would be lying if I were to say that it didn't bring a tear to my eyes.) Enjoy! There is a fine line to walk with this little girl of mine. Abby...

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Guest Post: Friendship vs Marriage and Babies

Our first guest post comes courtesy of devoted reader JessicaMayLords. She has decided to tackle a topic I have covered a few times here at Geek in Heels — maintaining friendships after marriage/babies — and gives some great advice for people on either sides of the fence. Enjoy! "A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good eggeven though he knows that you are slightly cracked" Bernard Meltzer I am not a big fan of change. It makes me anxious. Unfortunately, it's also something that I deal with quite a bit, because I move around a lot. In the past four years, I've lived in 3 difference states, 5 different towns, and 7 different apartments. I've...

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An Emotional Weekend

Friday night. I picked up my phone to troubling news from my mother. "I debated the entire day whether I should tell you this. I don't want you to worry too much — I know how you get — but I realized that you deserve to know because you're family. Besides, you might become more upset if I kept the news from you." "What?" I asked as I sat down to prepare for the news. "Tell me what happened!" "Your father is in the hospital...

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