By M.K. Raley of Mother, Deconstructed Coming out of the Child Coma has been a long, slow process. How many times have you heard that? Well, you hear it because it is true. Just like the New Relationship Coma or the Wedding Year Coma, it is real and it can […]
They were everywhere for what felt like an eternity. They clothed the cool and fashionable mom at school drop off, the one who always seemed so together and had the impossible measurements of a Barbie doll. They looked equally as fabulous on the twenty-something who helped you pick them out, […]
I am drowning. Not in a pool or in the bathtub. Not in a lake or in a river. I am drowning in my life. Drowning. I have too many responsibilities. Too many things to do. I have too many students. I have too many children. Too many tiny, innocent […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Carrie Tinsley of Carrie On Y’all About an hour ago, I left my screaming two-year-old at his twice per week Mother’s Day Out program. He was inconsolable and not taking his “abandonment” lightly. He forced me, with my arms full of backpack, cups, and lunchbox, […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Tina Steele of The Tina Situation I cannot begin to tell you how relieved I am that I am not part of the current dating scene. This is not just because the idea of someone besides my husband seeing my 38 year old naked body […]
By Michelle Poston Combs of Rubber Shoes in Hell I can’t change anything for people who struggle with weight loss, but I sure as hell can bitch about it. In fact, if I could get paid for bitching, I’d be rich. I’m good at it. The other thing I can […]
By Eileen Turay of Liv & Leen Ever get the weird feeling someone is staring at you and then you turn to look and you were right? What about when you’re pumping gas and get a feeling someone is approaching you… and then he does. It’s like you can literally […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Parenthood is isolating. Kids make you a recluse. Many of us find our way to Facebook. From what I’m told, Facebook has gone the way of the dinosaur insofar as social media is concerned. Which is fine with me. Gets rid of all the youthful riff-raff […]