By Rachel E. Bledsoe of The Misfits of a Mountain Mama As a little girl, I dreamed mainly about how I would become the first girl to play Major League Baseball. I loved softball. The chalk smell outlining the field is eternally ingrained into the smells I never want to […]
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Dear Fellow Mom Who Was Neglecting Her Kids
Dear Fellow Mom: As I sit and write this I am shaky from the encounter I had with your children. You are not aware of the encounter or of me really. You were asleep. And when you were awoken it was by a cop and not me. I am the […]
Struggles Only Sarcastic Ladies Will Understand
I am sarcastic. Heavily so. I have always been this way, or at least for as long as I can remember. When I was younger, I was painfully shy, which meant not many people outside close family and friends knew about my love for verbal irony. Those who did, though, […]
How About Instead of ‘Breastfeeding Month’ We Have ‘I Feed My Baby Month’?
If you live in the U.S. or peruse social media used by anyone living within the U.S., you know it’s National Breastfeeding Month. How do you know? Because there are boobs with babies attached to them. Here. There. Everywhere. If you’ve been following me for any amount of time, you […]
20 Signs You’re A Teacher At The End Of Summer
1. You start having dreams in which you’re not prepared — your syllabus is incomplete, your lesson plans aren’t finished, your copies aren’t made. 2. Back to school displays at the grocery store make you physically ill. 3. You start gauging your level of exhaustion against the teacher-tired-at-the-beginning-of-the-school-year scale and […]
The Argument for Having Open Sex Talks with Kids
A while ago while school was still in session, my oldest son had to attend “Health Class.” He was nervous, claiming the subject made him sick to his stomach. During dinner, we talked about everything from where babies really come from to wet dreams. I know it wasn’t really dinner […]
You Know You’re a Mom at The Grocery Store When…
Everyone can tell you’re a mom when you’re out shopping. Here’s how: 1. Your purse is full of toys, diapers, sippy cups and goldfish. 2. You drive around for a long time in order to get a parking spot next to a cart corral. 3. You can stack your groceries […]
5 Keys to Unlock the Toddler Trap
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Anna Lee Beyer of Anna Be. If you are a stay at home mom to a toddler who is teething or overtired or practicing for her Yale School of Drama audition, you may not spend a single minute of the day without her on your lap or […]