I once had a mental breakdown over a set of ramekins. Of course, this isn’t just a story about bakeware, or even my unnatural attachment to inanimate objects.…
Does your family gather round the table for the holidays, chewing with their mouths closed and having calm, rational discussions? I didn’t think so. But that’s part of…
Holidays are pretty stressful on their own, but when you have to introduce a new relationship to your entire family, it adds a whole new level of festive…
I’ve got a family of small town bitchy moms – aunts, cousins, and a hyper sister. Every holiday I’m forced to smell their cigarettes and listen to their complaints. It is…
I was visiting my daughter in California to see her and my new grandson for a few days when I got a rude awakening. My past was coming…
I hear the same lines over and over again: “Moms need to spend more time on self-care” “Moms have so much more to handle than dads do” “Moms…
When I found out I was pregnant with my last child I felt the same feelings as many mothers. I was excited, anxious and a bit scared. I…
I love sex. Like REALLY love it. But not in a degrading, addictive, unhealthy way where I have to go out and have sex with multiple strangers every…
I’ll be the first to tell you that my divorce was a necessity. You can only push a dead marriage so far with sheer force of will before…
When I told my husband I was going to be one of the bloggers for BLUNTmoms I gushed excitedly over the phone that I could also blog anonymously…