[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Jen Kehl of JenKehl Last week, in search of something shiny, my son and I popped into the local resale shop. After a few laps around, some time in the toy section checking out a little fairy castle, he settled on a beautiful pair of […]
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How to Be Momcore
By Sarah Pierce of Midwest Mummy Being momcore is pretty fucking awesome. It’s just enough sanctimommy to feel confident about the decisions you make, the right amount of helicopter mom to keep your kids safe without smothering them, and just a pinch of WTF mom to keep the true sanctimommies […]
We Are Our Own Worst Mommy Shamers
By Morgan of Surviving Artfully Recently, a friend confessed a deep, dark secret to me. We were talking about what time our kids woke up. Her three-year-old was a mercilessly early riser, usually up and at ‘em by 6:30 every morning, while her one-year-old had just reached that glorious milestone of […]
My Child, the Dementor (a poem)
By Audrey Sanchez of Two Dogs, One Cat, and a Baby “Dementors…infest the darkest, filthiest places, they glory in decay and despair, they drain peace, hope, and happiness out of the air around them… Get too near a Dementor and every good feeling, every happy memory will be sucked out […]
Why Caller ID and Voicemail Made Me Paranoid
By Laurie of A Square of Chocolate Our household is still hanging indecisively to a land line phone connection. We use it for about 2 or 3 personal calls a month. Otherwise, it’s all incoming sales calls, political surveys, or requests to donate to some charity. Also, I’m SURE you’ve […]
Business Suit and High Heels: The Battle of Working Motherhood
By Bella of Mama Not Dumber On my way to work this morning, I saw a woman in her early thirties. She was smartly dressed in a business suit and looked like a lawyer or other professional also on her way to work. She trotted along in her high-heeled court shoes, […]
The Homeless Mermaid and the Whale: My Story of Abuse and Freedom
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Holley Perry of Chasing Destino This is a story of how a person can lose everything that meant anything in a matter of six months. There was a woman who felt like a lonely mermaid. She was constantly looking for her prince, or at least […]
I am a 43-Year-Old Mother and I Posed Nude
By Sheila Hageman When my memoir Stripping Down was published, I thought I was done needing to talk about my risqué younger life, which included stripping and nude modeling. I was done needing to write about nudity and body image. I put all that naked nonsense behind me, but I’ve discovered […]