By Serena of Mommy Cusses You’re pumped! You found a promising recipe on Pinterest that received rave reviews, and you’re ready to treat your family’s taste buds to a culinary masterpiece. Then about halfway through you realize this entire endeavor is a catastrophic mistake. You’re murdering this meal and not […]
By Jenny Jones of Life’s A Polyp After disclosing my own journey through broken-heartedness and divorce while dealing with chronic illness, I heard from several people who had gone through similar trials, and it touched my heart. Regardless of the type of relationship, those of us with a chronic illness […]
By Jennifer Gregory of The Runaway Mama There were three moms standing outside a karate class at the local YMCA. Each one had a son around seven or eight years old who didn’t want to participate in the class for one reason or another. One boy fussed that his foot […]
by Danielle Helzer of Roots My husband always wanted to be a dad, and I wanted to be the person who would give him that desire. But after years of trying to conceive and then an eventual medical diagnosis of infertility–one that loomed like an ironic scarlet letter–we decided to […]
by Rachel E. Bledsoe of The Misfits of a Mountain Mama Too early I awoke from a deep slumber where a beautiful dream haunted my head. Strangers were talking, smoking cigarettes, and it was peaceful. My eyes were crusted from the night, and I immediately formed tight knuckles to rub […]
By Audrey Sanchez of Two Dogs, One Cat, and a Baby This story begins with my period and ends with my 18-month-old begging the gynecologist for tampons…wait for it…while sitting on my chest as the doctor inserted not the first, but second IUD that week. Before we get to that […]
By Kelly Arnell of Why did we have to have all these kids anyway? Toddlers can be frustrating—any parent can tell you that—but if you look a little closer at the goings on of a toddler, you will find many life lessons. Or, at the very least, an inspirational poster […]
By Dylan Ellison I’ve officially reached the age where everyone I know either has children or one on the way. As I flip through my friends’ early-parenting lives on Facebook, I can’t help but think, “How much television will they let their kids watch? How immersed in media will they be […]