By Crystal Lowery of Creepy Ginger Kid Think you know which Disney Princess you are? Take this quiz to find out! ***** About the Author Crystal Lowery is an American mom working in England. By day, she does medical research, by night she wrangles two small children, a boy and a […]
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Behind the Classroom Door
By Diane Landis “Teacher Evaluation Day will be next week” was the heading on the note from the Headmaster. “Either I or Mrs. Ryan, our Assistant Headmaster, will observe your teaching for 20 minutes on Tuesday or Wednesday.” As teachers read the note, they exchanged surprised and worried looks. Never […]
Let Me Tell You a Story About My Boobs
By Katie Wadland of EatSleepMomRepeat. So I had the pleasure of going in for my first mammogram recently. I had been having some mild pain in my left breast for a while and happened to mention this to my ObGyn at my recent visit. I couldn’t feel any lumps and fortunately, […]
Being a SAHM Is My “Upside Down”
By Lauren Mullen Are you watching Stranger Things? Of course you are; you’re not a monster (pun totally intended). You know how there’s the regular world, and then there’s the Upside Down? Well, I am currently living in my own personal version of the Upside Down. It feels like everything […]
7 Ways to Survive a Road Trip With Kids
By Kelly J. Riibe 1-Throw out every single rule you have regarding screen time. Watching movies from the back seat kicks the license plate game’s ass every single time. Download and buy the latest flicks, or borrow some timeless films from your neighbor. You can never have too many cartoons […]
21 Signs You’re the Mom of a Toddler
By Alexie Flook of Always Alexie My son Hudson started walking when he was eight months old, and since then he’s escalated quickly from a bitty baby to a full-blown troublesome toddler. I’ve hesitated calling him a toddler because he’s only just turning one, but then I realized that being […]
The Day My 7-Year-Old Was Cruel. To Me.
By Joanna M. Owusu It was an ordinary school night, and I was sitting down to dinner with my boys after putting their baby sister to bed. (Their father works long hours and is rarely home in time for family dinner during the week.) We were talking about our plans […]
The Mammogram That Changed My Life
By Nicole Hardy of She Emerges Several months ago, I had an annual mammogram that changed my life. I started getting mammograms long before my 40s because both my mother and grandma are breast cancer survivors. It’s a routine procedure for me each year, but for the first time, I had a pit […]