Sometimes I think I don’t love my kids enough. For example, last night my 10-year-old son Lucas wanted me to help him with his…
Millennials Don’t Have a Monopoly on Cool
In a recent article on Elite Daily, the case was made for the coolness of young, hip millennial mothers. As I scrolled through the adorable…
The Day I Walked Out on My Four-Year-Old
My four-year-old daughter Mari cried for pretty much all of yesterday. She also cried for the whole day the day before that… and the…
Even More Things That Make Me Want to Cut a Bitch
If you are unaware of what an impatient, irritable freak show I am, well, then… In fact, this is probably the first post you’ve ever read. Hi.…
Good Mom, Bad Mom (I am both)
While cleaning up the files on my computer, I came across the image above. It was taken a couple of years ago when I…
10 Things People Need to STOP Saying About Kids With ADHD
We knew from the time Lucas was a toddler that he was different from other kids in his peer group. While the other preschool…
The Two Words You Should Never Say To Your Kids, But I Say Them Anyway
Get ready to be furiously opposed to everything you’re about to read, or to nod your head so hard it falls off your neck.…
An Inversion of My Former Self, or, WTF, Motherhood?
I used to be the kind of person who showed up early everywhere I went, whether it was to classes where professors smiled in…
Bittersweet Freedom: Mixed Feelings About Baby’s New-found Indedependence – by Mary Widdicks
– By Mary Widdicks of Outmanned At 9:00 a.m. this morning, I held my little man’s hand as we trudged through the grass in the sweltering…
Sleepless Insanity: The ugly truth about the first few months of parenthood…
Once, before we were married, my husband pulled an all-nighter driving from Cincinnati, Ohio to Orlando, Florida. That’s a 13-hour drive. I was thoroughly…