by Stephanie | Oct 11, 2016 | family life, motherhood, parenting
Today I am sharing the piece I read in Listen To Your Mother Boulder 2016; it’s a story of my single parent years and my identity crisis as a mother. If you haven’t heard the news, this is the LAST year for Listen To Your Mother, and I am thrilled to be...
by Stephanie | Sep 2, 2016 | motherhood
You guys, I had a book published this week! It was super exciting! This is the 4th book I have had published as co-editor of The HerStories Project, but it’s the one that feels closest to my heart. So Glad They Told Me: Women Get Real About Motherhood is now...
by Stephanie | Aug 14, 2016 | motherhood, parenting
While my girls and I were hundreds of miles from home visiting my parents, my almost-ten-year-old daughter got a fairly serious foot laceration. We took her to a local urgent care to have it examined; it’s always stressful seeking medical help when traveling,...
by Stephanie | Jul 21, 2016 | motherhood
Sometimes the hardest topics to write about (or talk about) are the most important ones. I have always written openly about my history of pregnancy loss–several miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy– and I think it’s been both cathartic for me...
by Stephanie | Apr 7, 2016 | family life, motherhood, parenting
Nine years old is an interesting age. So is thirty-seven, come to think of it. My daughter and I are both experiencing growing pains of sorts, in both similar and different ways. As a 4th grader, she’s not quite a “tween yet,” although I suspect she...