By Kim McGinty I can only assume by my husband’s expression what he must’ve been thinking of my overly pissed response to his, “I can’t walk the dogs this morning.” Like a LED message board it read: “What’s her problem? She’s not doing anything. I have a job, deadlines.” And […]
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Normalizing Breastfeeding: What Normal *Really* Looks Like
By Cheron Yon of List List Repeat In an effort to normalize breastfeeding, there have been pictures of mothers feeding their babies on all platforms of social media. You’ve seen them. The moms are relaxing with their perfect hair, feeding and bonding with their bundles of joy in a quiet space. The […]
I Gave Birth To A Miracle Child
By Darla Halyk of New World Mom At 5 1/2 weeks pregnant, I had a miscarriage. Actually, I didn’t know I was pregnant until having the miscarriage. It was a substantial period — and I was trying to get pregnant again and wanted to make sure all was okay with my […]
Chronicles of Parenting: A Winter Survival Guide
By Jocelyn Jane Cox of The Home Tome What you are about to read is an act of desperation, words admittedly typed by a parent grasping at straws…for the days are short and the months are long, the trees are bare and the holidays are long gone. (My nosedive into […]
10,000 Times A Charm: Mom’s Guide to Minimizing Nagging
By Kim McGinty I’ve heard it takes reminding a child 500 times to instill a pattern of behavior. Like brush your teeth, brush your teeth, brush your teeth, brush your teeth… When I first heard that from another mom, I balked. And though I’ve never kept count, there must be a […]
What It Is Like To Be A Married But Single Mom
By Kristina Hammer of The Angrivated Mom I am a married-but-single mother — i.e. I am betrothed to my soul mate, but he is unable to co-parent alongside me because his job keeps him away from home sixty to seventy hours a week. He is the family provider and the […]
I Gave My Uber Driver a Hand Job (Sort Of, Maybe…OK, Not Really)
By Samara of A Buick In The Land Of Lexus My BFF Troublemaker and I spend way too much time talking about sex. We have pretty much the same issues regarding the procurement of it. We’re both single moms who do NOT want to be in any kind of committed relationship. […]
How Can We Raise Connected Children In Our Overly Connected World?
By Rachel Bledsoe of The Misfits Of A Mountain Mama In this galaxy a long time ago but not so far away — i.e. my preteen years — I used to ask my mom to take me to the downtown library. I was a 13-year-old girl on a mission, and […]