Life with Dudes Never Looked So Pretty
When I joined club mom over 16 years ago as a 23 year old recent college grad and newly minted middle school teacher, I didn’t have any idea what I was doing. I knew about writing 15 page papers, lesson plans, cute shoes and when Erika Badu was coming to town (don’t judge, this was the early 2000s, she was still a thing!). I knew
As a kid, 13 was my favorite number. Until I actually turned 13, and then it was 16. And then 18. And then, 21. But, 13 was the first age I remember being eager to reach. I’m not sure what I thought would happen when I hit the magical teen years, but you can rest assured that none of them came to fruition. It was
When I was a kid, there was really only one way to get your teeth straightened: metal braces. via GIPHY There may have been some super expensive alternatives that my parents would’ve LOL’d at me for suggesting, but for the most part all kids who got their teeth straightened turned into good old fashion metal mouths for a couple of years. And many of us
If you’re a Buzzfeed fan like the rest of the world, you maybe saw this quiz recently about privilege. You can take it here if you want: How Privileged Are You? I took it for the same reason I take many of their quizzes –because one of my sorta friends posted it on Facebook and I like to know what an arbitrary quiz based loosely
This year will mark my 16th in the mom game. Most of the time I feel like Beyonce -all of this winning, but I can fully admit I have my crash-and-burn Lindsay Lohan moments too. Balance. And the nature of the beast. Other than being my parents’ child, I can’t think of a single thing I have been so committed to in my life. Not
*This is a sponsored post in partnership with AMC Theatres and Coca-Cola As my kids get older, it is harder and harder to find family time together. You know how teenagers work – often times, they would rather be sitting in their rooms alone than hanging out somewhere they used to think was fun with you. Dude 1 is actually pretty awesome this way. He
I consider myself a pretty social media savvy type of person. I mean, technically, it is my job to be savvy in that area and, as a social media strategist, I do truly have a good handle on the best practices and how-tos of the major social platforms. But, knowing how to grow a brand’s Facebook engagement doesn’t exactly mean a thing when it comes
As Dude 1 is quickly speeding toward adulthood, I find myself getting choked up (and by choked up I mean sobbing my eyes puffy) over the smallest things. Things like finding an old sock of his under the couch when we moved it to paint. Or coming across an “essay” on turtles he wrote in second grade. And not just nostalgic type things turn on
Here’s what’s true: I never wanted to be just a mom of boys. I wanted every single one of my children to be a girl. That’s not to say I wanted to be just a mom of girls. No, not at all. I wanted a mixture. One girl. Three boys. My perfect life before having kids looked like three boys first and a girl at
