By Kelly Arnell of Why Did We Have All These Kids Anyway? When you are a new mom, everything is unique and unfamiliar and, well, terrifying, and you quickly learn to reach out to friends and family to help “find your tribe” — i.e. your village, or at the very least another mom who […]
By Whitney Fleming of Playdates on Fridays I have a lot of BFFs (or what some on Facebook have deemed “breasties”). Some of them I’ve known since my teens and some more recently in my mommy years, and I love them all. But unfortunately, I move around a lot. Or […]
By Rachel Bledsoe of The Misfits of a Mountain Mama The craving begins in January. It is insatiable. My mind is racing and my heart is longing for a place I can’t drive to just yet. My one week, my peaceful relaxation is a drug causing my insides to shake […]
By Briton Underwood of Punk Rock Papa Maybe we have forgotten what addiction means. Along with “literally,” addiction seemed to be one of the most misused words this past year. I am addicted to Netflix. I am addicted to this game. I am addicted to social media. Everyone was literally […]
By Whitney Fleming The other day while listening to a random Pandora station in my kitchen, “Ice Ice Baby” came blasting through my iPhone. I instantly squealed, “Oh my God! I used to love this song!” I put down the dirty dish I held and started busting out my signature […]
By Julie Walthers of Ghost Editorial The holidays have come and gone, and with them a new generation of Fitbit users have been born. It doesn’t matter whether you received the high-end Surge, with its sexy interface that makes you feel a little like James Bond, or the sensible and […]
By Celeste of And What a Mom! I’m a recovering Facebook junkie. There should be a 12 steps program to deal with this troubling addiction. For a time, I would log in before getting out of bed, during every bathroom break, and anytime a conversation started to stall. Nursing sessions with my […]
By Melissa Janisin of goodnessmadness.com A short while ago, a website published something I’d written – a fairly innocuous post, or so I thought, originally titled “Justifying Myself To The Grocery Store Cashier Who Was Most Likely Not Judging Me In The First Place.” As far as things I’ve written go, this […]