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    Play with Me, Mommy!

    Stephanie Sprenger July 25, 2020 essays

    Mom admits that imaginative play is not her strength.

    play, imagination, motherhood, parenting, mamalode, present, shortcomings, guilt

    On the Eve of Kindergarten

    Sarah Grecula July 24, 2020 essays

    A poem from a mom to her daughter on the eve of her first day of kindergarten.

    kindergarten, school, poem, letting go, motherhood, parenting

    Ready or Not

    Randi Olin July 22, 2020 essays

    Mom holds onto the moments when her 12-year-old son and his friends still want to play at their house.

    parenting, teenagers, teenage boys, playing, games, motherhood, mamalode

    Playing for a Living

    Charlotte Fixler July 21, 2020 essays

    A toy maker for ThinkFun shares how she creates educational games and gets to play for a living. 

    toys, play, educational, games, motherhood, parenting, mamalode, thinkfun

    Life on the Edge

    Amy Carlson July 19, 2020 essays

    Mom struggles to hold perspective as her life is both falling apart and falling together.

    single mom, parenting, motherhood, mamalode, start-up, divorce, sons, perspective, career

    The First Day

    Elke July 18, 2020 essays

    Words of encouragement for moms sending kids off to kindergarten. 

    kindergarten, school, motherhood, mamalode, parenting

    The Last Time

    Jennifer Savage December 9, 2019 essays

    Savagemama plans on heading back to South Carolina to celebrate her 20-year high school reunion. And hopedully she will arrive having just recovered from another case of the last times.

    time, motherhood, real, parenting, life, family, identity, letting go

    Onward, Reading Log Soldiers

    Stacey Conner December 7, 2019 essays

    Mom is frustrated by daughter's lack of interest in reading.

    reading, reading logs, library, motherhood, parenthood, anymommy, mamalode

    Her Kind

    Ann Jamison November 27, 2019 essays

    Mother relates Linda Sexton's memoir, Searching For Mercy Street—My Journey Back to My Mother to her own kind of mothering.

    mothering, motherhood, mamalode, memoirs, mental illness, raising sons, daughters

    Cleaning Out

    Jennifer Savage November 25, 2019 essays

    Savagemama feels lighter after cleaning out and getting rid of junk before a big move.

    savagemama, mamalode, parenting, packing, moving, sentimental
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