by Stephanie | Feb 18, 2021 | funny, motherhood
You guys will never believe this, but I have stumbled upon something that is sure to enhance your enjoyment of life, and yes, even your self-knowledge and introspective insight! Yes. It’s truly incredible. I’m sure you’re all familiar with the definition of the word...
by Stephanie | Oct 20, 2020 | family life, funny, motherhood, parenting
You are in your kimono robe and slipper socks, having just pried your nine-year-old out of your bed. Your teenager has been in the basement office doing remote learning for close to an hour, and time is running short to get your younger child ready for the morning....
by Stephanie | Jul 2, 2019 | motherhood
Once my show is over I’ll calm down and start sleeping better. I just need to get through the end of this session of class. I’ll feel so much better when school is out for the summer. When the broken arm trauma isn’t so fresh, my anxiety will get better. I just need...
by Stephanie | May 8, 2019 | motherhood, parenting
I like to retrace my steps. I’m probably understating that; sometimes I become obsessed with retracing my steps. That time Mom and I met in the Black Hills and I got so lost on the way up the mountain in the dark. Where did I make the wrong turn? I ponder it...
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 | Sep 7, 2018 | family life, motherhood, parenting
My daughter started middle school three weeks ago and it’s certainly had its ups and downs . . . I knew it would be tricky but I really wasn’t prepared for quite how much it would trigger me. I mean, opening the locker alone was enough to make me...
