I text out an SOS when I am on the verge of a mom meltdown. "I'm a donkey on the edge." (Thank you, Eddie Murphy) Most of the time, there's nothing the recipients of my message can do about it. My sister lives in another state. My BFF might as well, too, since she moved across the river and into the next county. Plus, my husband is almost always out of town when I get to … [Read more...]
The pressure we put on ourselves
I often read about mothers judging other mothers. We all do it. I am not a particularly judgey mcjudgerson type of person but I've caught myself giving side eye to another mother based on something I see at that moment. It's later that I remind myself that I don't know the context or what led up to the decision made by the mother I've judged. The one mother that I judge … [Read more...]