I am a driven person. Dangle a goal in front of my face, and you better believe I will work my behind off to achieve it. From a young age, I remember carefully listing all my goals and reveling in the satisfaction of having achieved them, whether those goals were […]
By Hillary Westover of Hillary with 2 Ls (please) When you come to my house, you should probably wear socks. You see, the vacuum has steadily made its way down my list of priorities and has settled just under “shaving my legs” and above “scrubbing the oven.” Crumbs and sand […]
By Amanda Elder of Stay-at-Home Panda I’d be lying if I said having two kids is easier than one. There’s double the mess, double the fuss, and I still find myself cooking with one hand and chasing a toddler around restaurants. However, something shifted in me when I became a mom […]
By Neena Brammer Dear Daughter, Being three years old can be hard. You’re learning to navigate a world of no longer being a baby but not being a big kid. You clearly don’t need me for some things, such as eating and putting on your shoes. You’re becoming more independent, […]
By Bethany Fitzpatrick My daughter is a crybaby. There, I said it. A crybaby and a scaredy cat. Last fall, we bought her a new bike without training wheels for her sixth birthday. I was so excited and almost obsessed with this gift, enchanted by memories of my own girlhood […]
By Jocelyn Miscarriage is a real bitch. However, recurrent miscarriage is the Regina George of all bitches. One minute you’re sitting at the cool kid lunch table with all the other moms-to-be, flashing your positive pregnancy test and designing your dream nurseries on Pinterest. The next day, you’re drowning in […]
The Bachelor fan base is composed largely of mothers, so season three’s Bachelor in Paradise contestant, Leah Block, got herself in hot water this week when she criticized a fellow contestant as “needy” and “dependent” for being a mom. Viewers couldn’t help but notice the lip Leah gave BIP cameras Monday night–both […]
By Mia Carella of (this) mom with a blog You may have seen the headlines. Last Friday, Jeni Stepien married her fiancé Paul Maenner in a beautiful ceremony near Pittsburgh, PA. Sadly, Jeni’s father could not walk her down the aisle because he had lost his life tragically years earlier. […]