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It’s undetermined how many times a day my brain cycles through these 10 stages. Everything is fine. Totally fine. BLISS: everything is wonderful. DOUBT: why is everything wonderful? FEAR: something bad will happen soon....
I can still remember the note sent home, when my daughter was in kindergarten: “If you’d like a yearbook, please send in $15.” Well, that’s stupid, why do kindergartners need a yearbook? I’m not...
The snow is always so pretty. From inside. The kids were so excited when they saw the snow. And even more excited to go outside and play in it. On a weeknight, nonetheless! I...
When I became a mom, I just assumed all extra time should be spent with the baby. Especially since I was a working mom. I was gone for 40 hours a week already, it...
Having kids is so damn hard. Having kids with YouTube is even harder. I never thought I’d be sending my 10-year-old to a therapist. Ever. Honestly, I thought people only sent their kids to...
Dropping my baby off at daycare really drove home how much of a failure I was. I pretty much wasn’t even a mom. My baby would now spend more hours in a day with...
I was pretty sure my house was going to get robbed and my two kids were about to be murdered, as I sat at work. Snow days call for anxiety. The spiraling kind of...
I was quite certain I’d have this baby natural. Not because I was against an epidural or that I wanted to know what it was like having a baby naturally. It was the anxiety....
No one told me immediately after I got that positive pregnancy test, I’d feel fear. The fear came so quickly following the joy, it felt like there was no joy. The joy was so...
I knew how unequally created boobs were, when I saw my boobs compared to the boobs my friends had. I certainly drew the short end of the stick when boobs were handed out. But,...
Moms come in all forms and that’s what makes us unique and amazing and so, so anxious…
a first time mom, a seasoned mom, a pregnant mom, a not sure if I want kids mom, a grown kid mom, a grandma mom, a trying to get pregnant mom, an adoption mom, a step mom, a grieving mom, a mom.