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13 Questions My Kids Ask Me That I Want to Ask Right Back

Humor, Motherhood
May 19, 2017
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4 Minute Read

By Jamie Sumner

13 Questions My Kids Ask Me That I Want to Ask Right Back

Have your kids ever asked you a question that you’d like to throw right back at them, like a hot…

Mom, Stop Feeling Guilt For Doing Your Work!

Inspiration, Motherhood
May 1, 2017
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4 Minute Read

By Jamie Sumner

Mom, Stop Feeling Guilt For Doing Your Work!

I took one semester off from my job as a high school English teacher after my son was born. Well,…

Humor, Mental Health, Motherhood
April 11, 2017
3.0K Views
4 Minute Read

By Jamie Sumner

31 Items For Your “NOT-To-Do” Mom List

We all keep running lists in our heads and on our fridges and bathroom mirrors so we don’t forget the…

Fitness, Health, Healthy Living, Mental Health, Weight Loss
April 3, 2017
1.5K Views
4 Minute Read

By Jamie Sumner

More Power to You Pink

If Pink is obese, the world needs to reverse its orbit in search of a better atmosphere. If this Instagram…

This is the Sensory-Friendly Easter Bunny Your Kids Will Love

Humor, Inspiration, Motherhood
April 1, 2017
1.4K Views
4 Minute Read

By Jamie Sumner

This is the Sensory-Friendly Easter Bunny Your Kids Will Love

We’ve never visited Santa without tears. We’ve never shaken hands with a character at a theme park. We’ve never waved…

Journal, Motherhood, School
March 23, 2017
1.7K Views
4 Minute Read

By Jamie Sumner

The World Needs Mr. Rogers

I learned to read from Maria on Sesame Street. It was an odd mix of pride and disappointment for my…

On Saying Sorry to Your Kids, But Not Your Husband

Journal, Kids, Motherhood, Relationships
March 21, 2017
1.7K Views
4 Minute Read

By Jamie Sumner

On Saying Sorry to Your Kids, But Not Your Husband

Over the space of an hour I yelled at my son for throwing a drumstick and hitting his sister. I…

To Name a Thing is to Own It: My Son Has Cerebral Palsy

Kids, Motherhood
March 19, 2017
1.4K Views
5 Minute Read

By Jamie Sumner

To Name a Thing is to Own It: My Son Has Cerebral Palsy

Practice. Practice makes perfect. Isn’t that what they always tell you? So, I practiced. In the mirror after a shower…

On Being an Alien in the Land of Mothers

Kids, Motherhood
March 17, 2017
1.1K Views
5 Minute Read

By Jamie Sumner

On Being an Alien in the Land of Mothers

I lived in a house by the sea. It was a white-washed building so close to the cliffs that on…

Child Loss, Infertility, Miscarriage
March 15, 2017
1.5K Views
5 Minute Read

By Jamie Sumner

A Loss is a Loss, No Matter the Stage

It was baseball on Easter weekend. It was cold wind and sun. It was family on blankets on the grass.…

I Was Rude In The Hospital – Did It Hurt My Child’s Care?

Kids, Motherhood
March 3, 2017
2.2K Views
5 Minute Read

By Jamie Sumner

I Was Rude In The Hospital – Did It Hurt My Child’s Care?

I only got one paragraph in to the New York Times study on the effect of rudeness on a doctor’s…

Three Embryos Remain Frozen In Time: Why I Will Never Have A Last Child

Infertility, Kids, Motherhood
February 27, 2017
1.3K Views
4 Minute Read

By Jamie Sumner

Three Embryos Remain Frozen In Time: Why I Will Never Have A Last Child

We have two storage spaces in our house. The layman’s term would be “crawl space” but that implies room to…

Jamie Sumner

Jamie Sumner

13 Questions My Kids Ask Me That I Want to Ask Right Back

Mom, Stop Feeling Guilt For Doing Your Work!

31 Items For Your “NOT-To-Do” Mom List

More Power to You Pink

This is the Sensory-Friendly Easter Bunny Your Kids Will Love

The World Needs Mr. Rogers

On Saying Sorry to Your Kids, But Not Your Husband

To Name a Thing is to Own It: My Son Has Cerebral Palsy

On Being an Alien in the Land of Mothers

A Loss is a Loss, No Matter the Stage

I Was Rude In The Hospital – Did It Hurt My Child’s Care?

Three Embryos Remain Frozen In Time: Why I Will Never Have A Last Child

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