The Average Mom’s Guide To Dot Journaling, Part 2
The last time we talked, I explained to you that I explored dot journaling last fall as a way to keep the many moving pieces of my life together. I...
The Average Mom’s Guide To Dot Journaling, Part 1
I’m not much for New Years Resolutions. I’ve only made, much less kept, one resolution in my entire life. I resolved to become a mom, but I didn’t know I...
New Year, Same Me
by Maureen Zhao
The ball has dropped. The calendar has turned. The party blowers have been blown. The fireworks have gone off. Resolutions have been chosen. Gym memberships have been made. Trendy diets...
My Husband Got a Vasectomy and Survived
Somewhere along the journey of our marriage, my husband and I decided that when we were done having kids that he would be the one to take on birth control...
Choose to Lose
The three times a week my little guy has preschool; his oldest brother is also with us for drop-off. I barely have my mom-mobile in park before my eldest unbuckles...
Mary Poppins Is My New Role Model
She flew into town courtesy of an umbrella. She pulled an entire room’s worth of decorations and useful items from her carpet bag, and she danced with abandon on the...
Below Me
I walk through the kitchen and step on a stray Cheerio. Into the dining room and my stockinged feet crunch up a half-eaten cracker. I strip my socks off and...
Dreams of My Late Father
I was walking out the door from an event tonight with my friend when, out of nowhere, we began talking about our dreams of our late fathers. My dad passed...
Finding A Mama Community
“I can’t do this!” I sobbed quietly into the unresponsive night. Both our faces were wet with tears, me and this three-week-old baby, Harvey. Birth and postpartum completely caught me...
Dare Yourself
by Erin Statz
“Truth or Dare?” Do kids these days even play that game anymore or know what it is? Long before internet, tablets, phones or apps that was a game we...
This Wasn’t What I Had Planned
I’m a control freak. I always have been. I was the kid that delegated my friends their proper roles when we played “house”. I remember losing my paper planner in...