By Sarah Pierce of Midwest Mummy Being momcore is pretty fucking awesome. It’s just enough sanctimommy to feel confident about the decisions you make, the right amount of helicopter mom to keep your kids safe without smothering them, and just a pinch of WTF mom to keep the true sanctimommies […]
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We Are Our Own Worst Mommy Shamers
By Morgan of Surviving Artfully Recently, a friend confessed a deep, dark secret to me. We were talking about what time our kids woke up. Her three-year-old was a mercilessly early riser, usually up and at ‘em by 6:30 every morning, while her one-year-old had just reached that glorious milestone of […]
My Child, the Dementor (a poem)
By Audrey Sanchez of Two Dogs, One Cat, and a Baby “Dementors…infest the darkest, filthiest places, they glory in decay and despair, they drain peace, hope, and happiness out of the air around them… Get too near a Dementor and every good feeling, every happy memory will be sucked out […]
15 Reasons Online Friendships Are More Convenient
Living in an era of smartphones, WiFi, and social media has made it easier for us to make and maintain friendships all over the world. While many of these friends live too far away to enjoy margaritas with on a Friday night, there are some perks to having friends that […]
5 Things You Should NEVER Say to an Infertile Couple
Telling us to “Just relax!” may very well earn you a punch to the face.
World War M: Surviving the Mombies of the Mommy Wars
The sanctimonious walk among us. They go by many different labels: know-it-alls, judgy mcjudgersons, mombies, or Alicia Silverstone. They are a threat to humanity no matter how you refer to them. They are the plague of the human race. The lucky victims of their sanctimony are hit hard and fast, but […]
Business Suit and High Heels: The Battle of Working Motherhood
By Bella of Mama Not Dumber On my way to work this morning, I saw a woman in her early thirties. She was smartly dressed in a business suit and looked like a lawyer or other professional also on her way to work. She trotted along in her high-heeled court shoes, […]
The Homeless Mermaid and the Whale: My Story of Abuse and Freedom
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Holley Perry of Chasing Destino This is a story of how a person can lose everything that meant anything in a matter of six months. There was a woman who felt like a lonely mermaid. She was constantly looking for her prince, or at least […]