By Robin Farr. I didn’t know I was a perfectionist until I became a mom. But it’s been in me all along. I think it’s an innate thing rather than something that was cultivated in me.
Ten Years
By Eden Atwood. In the loneliness of my own childhood, I dreamt about what becoming a mother would be like. How I would do things differently. How I would love you and how we would laugh together. All the wrongs would be made right and life would be healed and I would feel complete.
Be Water
By Heather Thuesen. It took me two nights and nearly three days to get home to my son because of the closed roads.
Happy Camper
My children attend a lovely school which requires that we attend camp each fall. While intellectually I see the point of such an experience, as one mother so eloquently put …
Samurai’s Visual Journal
Samurai's visual journal is a blog where Bea Davies posts hand-drawn snapshots of her life-changing experience of motherhood.
Thinking BIG, Real BIG
Mamalode asks Elon Musk how we, as today's parents, can raise the next generation of innovators.
A Little Mother Teresa
Mom has an “Ah-ha” moment when she realizes who her daughter's “people” are.
When I Was a Grown Up
Amy Capelli takes a leap and releases her motherly grip on a precocious child, only to find that the landing is soft, comforting even.
First Day
Single mom says good-bye to her kindergartner on her first day of school, knowing that despite not having a partner to share this with, she alone, was enough.
Most Likely To Succeed
An interview with Lisa Stone, BlogHer CEO