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We are a community of women who share our personal stories about how we’ve survived and thrived in our lives. We share our messages to heal and help others learn from our experiences.
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Suzanna Quintana
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Jun 21
Can We Stop Giving Fathers Medals for What Mothers Do All Damn Day?
And by “we” I mean women since…
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Tiffany Norman
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Jun 19
The Correct Family Size — Am I Doing This Right?
My struggle with the calculations of motherhood
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Suzanna Quintana
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Jun 8
He Tricked Me Into Getting Pregnant — The Tale No Mom Wants to Tell
My son’s origin story was stolen…
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Sarah Stroh
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Jun 6
The Key to a New Mom’s Freedom Is Mysteriously Absent From the Public Eye
Why aren’t more women using…
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Sarah Stroh
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May 22
Was This Whole Parenting Thing a Mistake?
It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done
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Lori Welch Brown
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May 12
The Good Fortune of the Bonus Mom
It takes a village and a next door neighbor
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Lyrical Lioness, OCT, M.S.Ed., BMus.
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Apr 7
Left Out of Motherhood: My Journey From Grief to Acceptance
How I came to terms with my inability to…
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Maevyn Frey
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Mar 19
The Unintended Consequences of Policing Language Around Children
Let’s throw out the concept of ‘bad’…
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Lora Dobreva
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Feb 23
What If We Accepted the Prevalence of Trauma?
Promoting mental health is dangerous… for the status quo
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Suzanna Quintana
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Dec 12, 2023
I’m Only as Happy as My Saddest Child — the Part of Motherhood No One Told Me About
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