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 […]
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6 Love-Hate Relationships of Motherhood
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] There are aspects of child-raising that we, as parents, grow to love. And hate. But love ’em or hate ’em, we need them. To survive. Here are 6 l0ve-hate relationships that tell the tale of motherhood. 1. The pacifier Why you love it: This tiny object […]
How to Survive the Apocalypse with Kids
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] A few nights ago as I began to drift to sleep, my husband sat up in bed and turned to me. “Do we have a meeting place?” he asked. “You know, like if there’s an apocalypse.” While I made a mental note to cancel the alien show from […]
Why I Want My Daughter to Leave Me
By Nadine of Focus on Yourself My little girl just turned two years old a few weeks ago. I’ll admit it. I cried. She is that much closer to growing up. She is my whole world. She’s amazing, but naturally I’m a little biased. She speaks in full sentences and […]
The Perks of Being a Senior Mom
By Andrea Rosas Howe of The Howe To Blog: Parenting Advice from the Unqualified My phone chirped from the kitchen table, letting me know I had a text message. I wish it had a ringtone that said, “The text you’re about to read is going to destroy your spirit.” It […]
Now That I Am a Mom…
By Kelly Arnell of Why did we Have to Have All These Kids Anyway? I used to be able to recite the movie Pretty Woman almost by heart and knew all the words to all the songs in Dirty Dancing. Now that I’m a mom, I can quote lines from […]
5 Things I Blame on Motherhood (and the REAL Reasons for Them)
By Sarah Pierce Since becoming a parent, I often find myself blaming motherhood (note: motherhood, NOT my child) for certain aspects of my life. I recently had an epiphany, and I’m working on taking more responsibility for these things that I so easily blame on “being a mom” instead of […]
12 Questions I Get Asked About My Close-in-Age Kids
I had my kids back-to-back. Anyone who does this close-in-age kids thing on purpose is a gawd damn lunatic. Mine were accidents….errrrr….surprises, whatever you call it when in the heat of the moment you and your husband decide not to “pull it out and pray.” Passion equals pregnancy, ya […]