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My oldest walked over to me as I stood at the kitchen island prepping dinner. In the midst of music playing and witching-hour-tantrums from her…

I cleaned all day today. Literally. We’re hosting a family birthday party tomorrow and I wanted the place to look presentable. I folded laundry…

The hardest stage to keep close friendships is literally the one we all need it most. Mom friendships are important while raising children for so…

Snow day . . . before Christmas . . . in the month of December—for the working mom or any mom, it might as well be a natural disaster. I…

Dear husband, I know I said I was going to clean the kitchen today. So you might be surprised when you get home and see the kitchen is in fact, not…

I know it feels like you have to do everything, mama. But you don’t. You don’t need to have a perfect nutritionally sound meal plan every day of…

Recently I made a joke about making all my neglected doctor visits now that my youngest is in school three days a week. The schedulers call and I’m…

To my drag-along child, To the one who gets dragged from place to place because of your youngest sibling status in the family. To the one who gets…

Sometimes I’m a bad friend. And look, this is a safe space, so let’s be honest here—sometimes you are, too. I’m not saying it’s OK, but…

Some moms try to do all. the. things. It’s me. I’m that mom. Why do I always say yes? Just last week, I did it again. I let down another…