What’s a #Boymom Anyway? If you search Instagram there are currently over 4,000,000 public posts with the hashtag #boymom. It has become a rallying cry and label that moms of boys have embraced the world over in the last several years. It’s everywhere from social media, to clothing, to car decals, cups and hats. It is part badge of honor, part ready made excuse, part way of life. However, #girlmom isn’t that big of a movement with only a little over 1,000,000 public instagram posts. Why though? What makes #boymom such a bigger movement than #girlmom? I am currently working […]
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Milk and Tears: A Poem About Breast Milk and Formula
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Cautious Not Sorry: I’m a Guideline Following Mama Bear
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I Was a Teen Mom Before MTV Made It Cool
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Mom Groups and Why We Love to Hate Them (GIF)
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Rethinking the Mommy Wine Culture
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Why I Don’t Want to Be Great at Divorce
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What Do I Tell My Kids If Daddy Doesn’t Come Home? An Immigration Story in Modern America
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Asking for Help – The Terrifying Freedom of the Human Exchange
I breathed a giant, audible sigh of frustration. The dishwasher had, yet again, failed its single life purpose (You have […]
The Worries of (My Kids) Starting Kindergarten
Holy shit, my kids are starting kindergarten. I knew it would come, and there was nothing I could do to […]
