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.
Adiós U.S. health care system: I’m having my baby in Mexico
Molly and her husband have decided to ditch the American health system and give birth to their second child in Mexico.
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.
Five offbeat movie mamas who make us proud
I love movies and I love moms, so it makes sense that I would love moms who are in movies! Here are five of my fave offbeat movie mamas — who are yours?
Child’s Play lets you donate video games and films to kids
Child’s Play is a game industry charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with toys and games in our network of over 60 hospitals worldwide.
Dealing with super painful post-partum sex, aka vulvar vestibulodynia
After three frustrating years, many visits to fertility clinics that ultimately resulted in nothing, we found ourselves pregnant in the late Spring of 2009. Aside from the regular baby chaos, everything has gone extremely well. Except for one thing: sex. I can’t have it.
Repenting for parenting evangelism
Are you guilty of parenting evangelism? Brooke explores and repents for the times she may have lent an earful when all someone needed was an ear.
Talking to your kids about dad’s vasectomy
Christine is the thirty-something mama of five kids (ages range from six to sixteen) and author of The Bean Blog. She wrote a post about telling her kids about her husband’s vasectomy.