Mutter-Gruppen sind besser als ihr Ruf
So this happened.
Mutter-Gruppen sind besser als ihr Ruf
Yeah. That would be my “In Defense of the Mom Group” essay translated for Huffpost Germany.
Author: Rhiannon Giles
I love sleep. Why don’t my children?
Facebook recently reminded me that Lorelei did not sleep completely through the night until she was almost two years old. How depressing. Rowan slept for five hours once, but it wasn’t the most useful time slot, since it started at 7:30pm. I seem to have forgotten how to sleep, anyway.
April Comes She Will
Who the eff thought leap year was a good idea?
“You know Julius, we really need to get an extra day in every four years or so.”
Loving and Fearing Success
This week. Three repubs on Huffington Post. An original post on Scary Mommy. Scary Mommy also picked up one of the Huffington Post essays. I got a syndication offer. Thousands upon thousands of likes, comments, and shares.
#TBT – Cinder
Today’s #TBT is courtesy of yesterday’s thunderstorms.
In the seventh grade our family got a Border Collie puppy. Cinder.
Huffpost and Lies from the 30 minute kitchen – Suck it, Rachael Ray
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Today has been weird. I woke up this morning to find that my OCD essay had been published by Huffington Post. I’ve spent the day in a fog of confusion about how I should feel about this. Excited! Like a fraud! Excited! What if everyone realizes I suck?! Excited! Hiding in a corner!
In defense of the mom group
The internet is full of criticisms for mom groups, and I will admit to laughing far too hard at the recent Ten Little Monkeys parody that has been making the rounds. I know those moms; the helpful advice couched in disapproval, the condescension and impractical suggestions. I know the moms who look for a fight, who rage quit at every opportunity and who have turned hypocrisy into an art form. The moms who publicly attack their peers for transgressions in the organic food aisle, and then hit up the drive through on the way home.