Hear, hear: my experience as a deaf parent
For a long time, I wondered whether I should become a parent — whether it was fair to subject my children to the difficulty of having a deaf mother. I know this sentiment will surprise those close to me but there it is: my secret insecurity laid bare.
I’m a bisexual mama raising my child in queer-friendly home
Can you identify as bisexual and “reap heterosexuality’s benefits” by being pregnant?
How can you find yourself when you’re focused on raising someone else?
How do you teach your child to cultivate a sense of self if you yourself don’t have one?
I want to be pregnant… but I don’t want to be a parent
I have a birth plan in place, know that I want to use a birthing center instead of a hospital, and I drink my morning coffee while watching Birth Day. Here’s the tricky part: I do NOT want kids.
Usernames and the momidentity crisis
Since both Offbeat Bride and Offbeat Families are essentially about women in relationships going through a transition (marriage, starting a family) I feel like I catch people in a really interesting state of identity shift. One of the many ways these shifts are expressed are through usernames and avatars.
How I finally found time for myself
Addie and her friends get together once a week to play poker and hang, but she didn’t have any “me” time until she started running grabbing a book at her library before the game and discovered she loves being by her lonesome.
Teaching my child kindness and religion
Ashley was raised Catholic, and is struggling with how to teach her son the values she cherishes from her faith, but to deter him from picking up the traits that she finds less than desirable.
MythBusting Mama
“I still do exciting, daredevil, and wild things — but now I do them so that my little girl will know that a mommy can distinguish between a C4 and an ANFO explosion.”