Laundry is the real Neverending Story. Especially if you have a big family. With two adults and three kids in the house, it seems like there is always a mountain of it somewhere, rotting in a corner and pleading to be cleaned. I honestly don’t know how people with bigger families manage. Truth be told, […]
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7 Things You Lose In Divorce (Besides Your Partner)
By Nicole Pecoraro of Mom Transparenting When I first realized my marriage was over, I thought about what life would be like without my spouse. What changes would be made to my family now that we were a family minus one? What would it be like sleeping in bed alone? Never having someone in the […]
I Have to Point My What Where? A Story For All The Moms Who Are Starting Over
By Sharon Brandwein of After the Byline I’ve been a stay at home mom since 2011. I realized that I wanted to be a stay home when my baby was just a few months old. The day I picked my girls up from daycare and she reached back for the babysitter like that was her […]
To The People Who Receive My Organs
By Kimberlee Koehn of kimberleek.com I’m an organ donor. I’ve got the sticker on my license and everything. And when I die (which hopefully will be in a timely manner, but you never know) I hope my body can piñata its way into the hands of people who need it more than I will. To […]
When The Bus Doesn’t Show
By Natalie Serianni It’s 8:10. “Okay, sweetie!” I yell down the stairs. “Five more minutes, then we’re leaving!” “OK, Mom!” she bellows back. I’m hopeful she’s brushing her hair and putting on her shoes. Maybe a jacket. She’s not. She’s six. She’s carefully cutting up small pieces of paper and using a maroon marker to […]
Bike Washing Machines Exist, so Add ‘Sustainable Living’ to Your Guilt List, Moms
Ask anyone in the housing industry where the future is headed, and they will tell you “sustainable living.” That’s right; living in trash-free luxury—or “Zero Waste” (if you want to get technical)—is the millennial answer to creating a healthy, productive environment. But minimizing waste and reducing the consumption of non-renewable resources is a process that […]
Toxic Positivity Is Destroying Your Mental Health
How many times have you seen it? Friends and acquaintances who appear to have it all together, who project a perfect life to the public and on social media, who sing the praises of their experiences and their significant others, who share quippy and pointed positivity platitudes, only to reveal in a shocking bombshell that […]
My Mother-In-Law Was Like a Second Mom, and Then I Got Divorced
By Rebecca Agiewich of rebeccaagiewich.blogspot.com My mother-in-law literally used to give me the clothes off her back. It happened more than once that she’d be wearing a shirt or sweater that I liked and I’d say, “M-, I love that sweater.” “Do you want it?” she’d say. “Take it!” Then she’d hand it to me despite […]