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 […]
[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 […]
By Ali Solomon of Wiggle Room Dear personal trainer, “You’re not serious about getting into shape,” you told me with a hint of a sneer. One minute I was on the elliptical, trotting along to REO Speedwagon, the next I was sitting in your office, drenched in sweat, as you promised […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] If you think you’ve never met a mother who’s an addict, you’re wrong. You’ve met her; you’ve seen her around, completely unaware of her addiction(s). She’s the woman you passed in the grocery store last Tuesday. You can recall her soft apology when her son didn’t […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Mary Widdicks of Outmanned Mommy Every new mom has been there at some point: exhausted, hormonal, sweaty, flabby, self-conscious, and probably aching from the vagina. Then out of nowhere, some jerk pushes all your buttons and you lose your cool in a fit of blubbering, […]
By Ashley Lamb-Sinclair of Beautiful Junkyard Today I walked into the teacher’s lounge, and delighted to find a table full of freebie snacks, exclaimed, “Mama loves some snacks!” My colleague in the room looked around a little awkwardly, smiled oddly at me, and slunk out, clearly hoping to avoid me […]
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 […]
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 […]