Tag: Contributor Confessions
Don’t Miss Out: Treasuring Today
I open up my calendar. A new year. A new month. New days.
I am continuing to make time for rest. I have put aside...
Clutter, Forgetting Pants, and Other Reasons to Hang Curtains
She’s offering a discount for her 10 day declutter course and my finger is twitching.
$39.89 and I too, can label make and preserve their...
The Pain of Being the Odd Mom Out
An interesting phenomenon has begun to emerge among my mom community.
It seems I have reached the magical age where 90% of my friends either...
My Kids Will Eat What I Cook and Other Lies I...
Bless my pre-mom heart. Like most would be parents, I had all kinds of hopeful expectations about what kind of mom I would be....
For the Fatherless on Father’s Day:: You are Not Alone
Father’s Day, for some moms, is another day missing a pivotal figure in their upbringing. A confidant when life gets way too hard. The...
The Cost of Belonging:: How I Became a Mean Mom
“They are acting like they are in high school!”
This is a phrase I’ve heard uttered more times over the past two years about moms...
National Water Safety Month:: The Day My Son Almost Drowned
May is National Water Safety Month. As we enter into swimming season, all moms need a reminder that the unthinkable can happen within seconds....
Birthdays That End in Zero, Right Cheeks and the Reevaluation of...
I just turned 50. The BIG 5-0.
Birthdays with a number ending in zero have a weird way of making you take a long hard...
Learning to Love the Kind of Mom I Am
Six years into this motherhood journey I’d like to think I’m starting to figure a few things out. I’ve quit judging other moms for...
I Survived:: Lessons From Grown-up-ing
I celebrate my 46th birthday in a matter of weeks, but the past month has given me a few brand spankin’ new firsts, and...