Dear Stay-at-Home Mom, We need to have a talk. I need to confess something to you, and I hope you’ll hear me out. I didn’t appreciate you. I didn’t understand you. I underestimated what your day-to-day job meant. Using the word “job” there was on purpose. It’s a job without […]
By Chris Carter of themomcafe.com For years, I have had a recurring dream. It’s one where I am at the pool, sitting underneath a shadowy tree on a lounge chair with a good book and a tall, cold drink in my hand. In this dream, my kids are old enough to fend […]
By Marina of Slay-at-Home-Mum At this moment in time, I am my daughter’s favorite person in the whole world. She’s 18 months old and, excluding the three days we went away on a family vacay (where I was a raging lunatic because I had my period AND forgot to bring my […]
By Rachel Bledsoe of The Misfits of a Mountain Mama There are crumbs on my couch. Speckled flecks from a leftover dinner. There are crumbs on my floors. I stepped on a Cheerio. The force of my foot caused a whole piece to turn into dusty crumbs. When I walked […]
By Tessa A. Adams of familyfootnote.com I see you, parent ninjas, and I applaud you. You are not ninjas because of what you wear. You are not ninjas because of extensive physical training. You are ninjas because of your stealth, and you take back what good parenting has stolen from you. […]
By Alison Lee The hours of 5:00 to 6:30 in the morning are my favorite. I feel like myself because I’m alone. I do my thing. The only butt I wipe is mine, the only beverage I fetch is my coffee, and the only sound is Adele’s music in my […]
By Carrie Tinsley of Carrie On, Y’all If you are an HGTV fan (I am obsessed), then you’ve no doubt been alerted to the tiny house craze that is sweeping the country. Nomads and down-sizers everywhere are selling their suburban sprawls and moving into the most adorably constructed dwellings on […]
By Maureen Fowler In consideration of my two most precious gift givers, I receive World’s Greatest Mom or #1 Mom jewelry, coffee mugs, and t-shirts with enthusiastic affection. Secretly, however, I avoid displaying declarations of mom superiority outside my home whenever possible. The sentiment I really want on a […]