Sarah Michelle Sherman has written a beautiful, deeply personal essay about the bedtime conversations that happen when you go through divorce. In it she describes the emotional toll of answering her kid’s questions when no answer feels really right to her. Read it, you won’t be sorry.

Scary Mommy is headed to the Garden State, hosting a piercing party at the Mall at Short Hills in New Jersey on Thursday, Jan. 29. Yours truly will be there, and we’ll have snacks and drinks — as well as great company! Click the link below to nab your piercing spot.