by Stephanie | Jan 10, 2019 | motherhood
I am angry today. A fellow mother writer (guys, I still refuse to use the diminishing, irritating, patronizing moniker “mommy blogger”), Christie Tate, wrote about why she won’t stop writing about motherhood and she is being slammed big time all across the internet....
by Stephanie | Dec 21, 2017 | family life, funny, motherhood, parenting
I mean, maybe. Maybe I won’t have a meltdown this year. I hope not. I want to make a solemn vow not to, but . . . let’s be realistic. Tonight I posted this update on my Mommy, for Real Facebook page If you are angry that your invisible work goes unnoticed,...
by Stephanie | Nov 9, 2017 | family life, motherhood
I stood at my kitchen island, wiping spilled food off my to-do list, staring at my weekly meal plan, and feeling the biggest case of déjà vu ever. Hadn’t I just been standing here, frantically stirring something on the stove and scanning my list to identify the...
by Stephanie | Jun 28, 2017 | family life, funny, motherhood
Hey, friend. So you had a terrible day with your kids, huh? You know you should be laughing about it and coming up with witty hashtags to describe the multitude of irritations comprising your day, but you can’t. You’re pissed. You’re disappointed....
by Stephanie | Feb 12, 2017 | family life, motherhood
“Does being a good mom and wife make us mediocre at everything else?” My friend sent me this text message a few days ago. Her words stirred something inside me that I think about often—and then immediately stop thinking about because it depresses me. The...