Mothers
Here's a collection of all of our articles filed under mothers
We Only Think About ItThe truth comes out along with the wine.By M. Esther Sherman
The sound of motherhood echoes across the playground and if you breathe in deep, you can almost taste the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and feel the sticky hands of the children. Almost. Thank God, not entirely. I hate peanut butter and jelly...
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Mommy's Magic DoorA valuable little lesson from the Bathroom God.By Andrea Ardito
Ahhh. The blessed bathroom door. Sanctuary and pure bliss. I'm fairly confident this magical door has saved many marriages, derailed some serious fits of temper and stopped many a woman from setting something on fire. I don't think...
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Instead of Father’s Day, Let’s Just Have Another Mother’s DayOr maybe something like a Father's Morning.By Krista PfeifferI’m big on Mother’s Day. As a stay-at-home mother who devotes an incomprehensible amount of my time fostering my children’s development and well-being, who does not receive a paycheck or a year-end bonus, who doesn’t get vacation...
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Instead of Father’s Day, Let’s Just Have Another Mother’s DayOr maybe something like a Father's Morning.By Krista PfeifferI’m big on Mother’s Day. As a stay-at-home mother who devotes an incomprehensible amount of my time fostering my children’s development and well-being, who does not receive a paycheck or a year-end bonus, who doesn’t get vacation...
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A Mother of a Mother's DayThere's no Hallmark card for this one.By Lauren Norton Carson
It’s Mother’s Day, and I want to break up with my son. At 21, Devin is mired in narcissism, bonded to his buddies like white on rice, and committed to the pursuit of sensory pleasure. I offer none of that. I’m his mother. And...
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I'm Proud of My Bad ParentingAt least I'm not doing meth.By Kristin AguilarI am not a perfect mother. Most of the time, I am not even a great mother. This week, though, reading the news… I have come to the conclusion that I probably qualify for the Mommy of the Year Award.
Just in this week alone, I have completely forgotten...
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Home/OfficeMotherhood: The New Competitive SportBy Dana TuszkeOne of the advantages to working from home is that I am able to spend more quality time with my son, Dawson. One of the disadvantages to working from home is that I often spend too much time with my son.
With my husband working outside the home 40+...
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Home/OfficeMaternity Leave: A Working Mom's DilemmaBy Dana TuszkeMy friend, Kay, and I are both pregnant, and our due dates are within days of each other. We were due on the same day for about a month, but I seem to be growing the Monster Baby, and my doctor has since moved my due date to October 22nd, less than 15...
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Home/OfficeGive Me Back My GrooveBy Dana TuszkeYou know that feeling you get when you're on top of your game, the bliss you experience whey you know you're managing every part of your life (work, marriage, parenting, housework, etc.) successfully? Yeah, that feeling. You remember that,...
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Growing PainsI Remember MamaBy Elizabeth ThompsonI remember when this picture was taken. The year was 1971. I was my youngest daughter's age (she’s 7) although, I look a lot... you know... bigger. My parents have tons of pictures like this. This one's in pretty bad shape,...
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Growing PainsI Remember MamaBy Elizabeth ThompsonI remember when this picture was taken. The year was 1971. I was my youngest daughter's age (she’s 7) although, I look a lot... you know... bigger. My parents have tons of pictures like this. This one's in pretty bad shape,...
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Dinner for OneNegotiations (Love Songs Optional)By Susan CourtadI know this is going to come as a shock to all of you, but let me state for the record:
Parenting is hard.
It’s exhausting, troubling at times, and purely a pain in the ass at others.
Oh, sure, there’s joy to be found somewhere in...
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Home/OfficeWork vs. MotherhoodBy Dana TuszkeJust after Valentine's Day I discovered I was pregnant. After two years of trying to conceive, this is a welcome blessing. My husband is elated, my son is very excited about his soon-to-be big brother status, and I am filled with emotion. Damn hormones.
I'm...
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The Parental is PoliticalWas Lisa Pagan just trying to make a point?By Julie MarshWhen I left active military duty, I fully intended to find a reserve position and continue my military career in conjunction with my private sector job.
Then I got pregnant. Two months later, the attacks of September 11 happened.
For both reasons, I...
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Dinner for OnePositive Parenting for Ann CoulterBy Susan CourtadThere are two words sure to make the dyed blond hairs on the back of Ann Coulter’s neck stand on end.
Liberal Democrat?
No, that’s redundant, more like one word.
President Obama?
No, but a good guess. I’m talking about two...
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Home/OfficeWhat's for dinner? Got me.By Dana TuszkeIt's five o'clock. You've just finished work. Now you must pick up the kids from daycare and get home in time to make dinner. You're half-way home when you realize you have no idea what's for dinner. What to do? Other than panic of course?
Do you:
a)...
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Home/OfficeWork is a Four Letter Word. So is Jose.By Dana TuszkeIf you've ever worked in a busy office, you know that phones are constantly ringing, fax machines are incessantly beeping and the click-clack of keyboard typing fills every moment of potential silence. It's enough to drive a person to drink (after work...
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What's the Matter With Mommy?We need more mom holidays, dammit.By Kelley CunninghamGoing into this long holiday weekend, I realized that the 4th of July did not revolve around mothers. Why not? You can keep Mother’s Day. I want no part of a holiday where I have to remind my kids to buy me a card. I shun the crowds at the Mother’s...
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Home/OfficeUnder the Weather, Under the GunBy Dana TuszkeTwo weeks ago my son, Dawson, came down with a terrible cold. He was whiny. He wouldn't eat. He was barely able to swallow a few tablespoons of Pedialyte. He was miserable, and I was getting there. Because my husband is the primary bread winner of our...
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Home/OfficeA StigmatismBy Dana TuszkeWhen my son was a little over a year old my family and friends began asking when I thought I'd have another baby. I always tried to avoid the question and often gave vague answers. "Someday," I'd say. It bothered me that people were discussing...
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Home/OfficeMomstumesBy Dana TuszkeWith Halloween just around the corner, I got to thinking about costumes. Dawson is dressing up as a UPS man and he anxiously awaits carrying his bright orange pumpkin bucket so he can ring our neighbors' doorbells and exclaim, "Trick or treeeaaat!"...
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Growing PainsLike Sands Through An Hourglass...By Elizabeth Thompson...these are some scary days, my friend!
I’ve been going through some photo boxes -- in my neverending quest to downsize, organize and exorcize the humungous amount of STUFF I’ve accumulated over the years -- when I came across a picture...
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HMOMAttention all expectant mothers: be your own healthcare advocate!By Pam Mitchell MangasHealth has never been a big concern in my life. As a child, my mother chose to avoid the doctor because I literally fought the nurses tooth and nail. That was back when antibiotics were given by needle, not mouth. So, I sweated out the fevers, took a...
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Mama's IntuitionI seem to be missing something.By Regina WalkerSome people told me a certain “mother's instinct” would be born in me after I gave birth. It wasn’t. Perhaps it kicks in for some women, like a hormone surge, but that certainly wasn’t the case for me. Becoming a mother changed...
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Mama's IntuitionI seem to be missing something.By Regina WalkerSome people told me a certain “mother's instinct” would be born in me after I gave birth. It wasn’t. Perhaps it kicks in for some women, like a hormone surge, but that certainly wasn’t the case for me. Becoming a mother changed...
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My Many HatsThe life of a stay at home working mom.By Christina BarberA friend once asked, "How can you do that? How can you be a stay at home mom, get all of that writing done and not go crazy?" My reply was simple. "I don’t. I just go crazy in a different way."
I had been a stay at home mom...
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An Open Letter to Linda HirshmanIs there a political agenda behind "Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World"?By Alan ThomasForeword from Jessica Carlson, Contributing Editor, The Imperfect Parent:
Linda Hirshman is the author of the recently published criticism of the inadequacies of today’s feminists, "Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World"....
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Mommy Slings DrinksWhat can I get you?By Hope GattoI am a mom who slings booze the color of apple juice, topping drinks off with multi-colored straws. I haul cases of Coors Lite on each hip in much the same manner that I carried my kids when they were toddlers. I wash the sippy cups of grown-ups and scold...
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Mother MagnetismMother’s Day gift guide -- beauty and style edition.By Kelly ReisingI don’t know about you, but I really expect my husband to pony up for Mother’s Day. Maybe it’s because I had both of my girls shortly before Mother’s Day, so after a grueling 24 hour labor the first time, and a botched epidural...
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What We Don't GetBeing a devoted mother needs no excuses.By Kristy Dallas Alley
My husband recently subscribed my email address to receive the New York Times arts headlines everyday. His purpose in doing this was to give me something to talk about other than babies. So far, I have yet to open any of them. It’s not that I’m...
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My Mother Always Said...The neverending influence of Mom.The following items were found by entering "My mother always said" into the Google search engine.
My mother always said bats have rabies.
My mother always said I had a way with animals.
My mother always said I would never have any boyfriends...
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