On Ann Voskamp’s Blog: When Women Seem Scary
For years now, I’ve found solace and encouragement and the grace to step into each day on Ann Voskamp’s blog. She reminds me to give thanks. And never did I cling to her words more than when we got...
View ArticleFun Interview about Women Are Scary with Courtney DeFeo
This is where I am with my brain. “Fun Interview” is all I could come up with for titles this morning. But seriously, I had so much fun doing this interview with Courtney, who is my new fourth-base...
View ArticleJudgey Eyeballs and We’re Better Together
Today my book baby is born. Scheduled c-section. Midnight, when my book automatically downloaded into all the Kindles. Last night, the last thing I read was an encouraging email from my friend...
View ArticleThe Stuff About My Kids I Can’t Tell You
Last week I met with a friend and picked her brain for ideas about one of my kids. This morning I met with another friend whose kids are a little older and talked parenting strategies and how I can...
View ArticleIn Defense of the Smart Phone
Not a day goes by that I don’t see an article online about how smart phones are destroying our children, ruining civilization as we know it, and causing rampant toenail fungus and the spread of...
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Over-Eager Friend-Making Dragon
When Women Are Scary was first finding its way into the world and I was keenly aware that reviewers were reading and making up their minds about it, I thought I would gnaw my own arm off with the...
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I Broke Out My Elvis Lip
Whew, today’s post is just barely today at this point because I’ve been off galavanting around with super fun people. Do you ever get insanely jealous when you see fun photos your friends put on...
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My Personal Momlationship Hell Scenario
First, our daily dose of fiction: Peering into the window of the cozy suburban house, she saw what she was looking for. There they were, the three of them, out to get her for all her crimes. The only...
View ArticleWe All Have Those Things, So Let Your Freak Flag Fly
We have Those Things that we work on at home. You see all the potential and all the pitfalls in your kids. You know hands down that they’re the most amazing children on the planet and you also worry...
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MomsEveryday and That Time I Was in a TV Show
This summer, I was writing my fingers off trying to get my next book done on time when my PR team contacted me about flying out to Colorado Springs, spending the weekend with a bunch of moms, and...
View ArticleCreepiest Internet Mom Dating Story Ever?
If you’ve read Women Are Scary, do you remember my friend Lindsey who wrote the top ten list for dating moms who work outside of the home? She’s from Oklahoma and I live near Atlanta and back in 2010,...
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Allume, My Favorite Weekend of the Year
Well, “my favorite weekend of the year” has come and gone. This year’s Allume conference was as fantastic as ever, so I want to tell you a little about that, plus do a big ginormous giveaway because...
View ArticleThat Time I Played “Never Have I Ever” on TV
Oh my gosh, these episodes of the MomsEveryday panel I recorded have been airing all over the country for the last couple of months, and I just watched the one where we played “Never Have I Ever.” You...
View ArticleCoffee+Crumbs: I Needed Her to Tell Me That
“Our house is filled with hate,” I choked out in sobbing gasps sitting on a dock with new friends. We were sharing stories at a writers’ retreat last weekend, and I meant to start with where I went to...
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10 Things to Talk About Besides Your Kids
So you’re working your way around the bases with another mom, or maybe you’re fourth-basers but things are starting to seem yawn-worthy or you leave mom dates feeling just as stressed as when you sat...
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When Your Life Is a Training Montage from Ant-Man
I love superhero movies, with their origin stories and training montages, and this year I’ve enjoyed introducing my kids to the Marvel cinematic universe through Ant-Man. If you’re horrified that I let...
View ArticleDance Club for Moms
Yesterday as I was driving, I had the most glorious fantasy that I just have to share with you. You know when your mind wanders and takes you out of your smelly van and into a land far, far away? I was...
View ArticleHow to Love Your Friends This Valentine’s Day
“I don’t want to see them,” I thought to myself guiltily. I’d scheduled a get together with a couple of my closest friends and now it was pouring rain. Honestly, it was more than the rain. I’ve been in...
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10 Questions to Ask When Talking About the Election With Friends
I feel like America’s mom is sending it out the door today calling after it, “Make good choices!” Make good choices, America. What a gift that we get to choose things around here. It isn’t perfect, but...
View ArticleCoffee+Crumbs: Eating Popcorn in the Dark Because You’ve Earned This
Attention moms of littles who haven’t peed in private in two years: It will get awesome. I promise you. Let me tell you what I did last week. First, I will warn you, this might be kind of like mom...
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