You probably didn’t know Jean E. Oddi, but once you read her obituary, you’ll wish you had. Written in the first person, plain-spoken and witty, Jean’s kick-ass obituary may be the first to inspire #DeathGoals. Jean’s obituary starts out with the basics: September 7, 1925-February 20, 2017. I was born. […]
By Cari Hoover of Vicariously Speaking “Easily make marshmallows with six ingredients,” Martha Stewart’s recipe says. “Pulling off a homemade marshmallow recipe is easier than you think,” she boasts. My family puts marshmallows away like they are going out of style. Big ones for the massive amounts of s’mores we consume, […]
Getting ready to leave the house on time and without forgetting anything is hard enough when it’s just you, but when you add kids to the mix, all bets are off. It’s like, when God was constructing children, he was all, “How about we create something with the quickness of a […]
By Stephanie Pappas of snackdinner Hey kid, Did your mom leave the computer open when she went to find the poop you just left in the playroom? You’ve got a few minutes before she comes down to find you naked in her upholstered desk chair, so read up on these […]
By Shannon Day of Martinis & Motherhood Recently, mornings have become a bit darker. And by darker, I mean like the stuff horror films are made of. I’m talking about rolling over to find a haunting figure just looming there — one who appears at first to be that poltergeist […]
By Danielle Sherman-Lazar of Living a Full Life After ED So we decided to perform a cyber exorcism. Yes, it actually exists. We called the priest and everything. We needed to get rid of this horrible stomach demon wreaking havoc on my 11-month-old baby girl. She had been throwing up […]
Like most people, I have some concerns now that Donald Trump has been elected to our nation’s highest office. I’m worried that a man with no prior experience in government might not be able to properly run our country. He lost around a billion dollars in the 1990’s and the […]
By Janet Josselyn Some moms stand out as less frazzled and more put-together than others. Some moms actually look happy and well-rested. Those moms need to stop it because it does not make the rest of us (slobby) moms feel confident or empowered. With that in mind, I would like […]