by Stephanie | May 18, 2018 | motherhood
“Hi, Mama,” my 6th grader says as I walk up behind her. It’s Field Day, and she’s sitting with a group of her 12-year-old friends. Mama. She says it casually, naturally, just as when we are home, both she and her six-year-old sister alternate...
by Stephanie | Mar 22, 2018 | family life, motherhood, parenting
A few weeks ago my six-year-old daughter had her tonsils out. I was terrified. I spent the days (and weeks) prior to her surgery envisioning worst case scenarios and then trying to replace them with harmonious visions of everything going smoothly. And things did go...
by Stephanie | Jan 30, 2018 | blogging, motherhood
So I read this article over the weekend that I can’t stop thinking about. “How the Mom Internet Became a Spotless, Sponsored Void.” You’ve maybe seen it too. The gist is that the original mom bloggers (still can’t say “mommy...
by Stephanie | Jan 21, 2018 | motherhood, Your Best Self
It’s January, so that means the masses are frantically setting goals that aren’t attainable, making masochistic resolutions, setting themselves up for failure, and trying to be healthier and happier by changing their lives in expensive and impractical...
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...