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Immediately after I posted a picture of the glamorous princess-cut diamond my soon-to-be husband fit on my ring finger on March 17, 2007, the questions started: “When’s the

I’ve noticed something for a little while now.  I’m a little insane.  And by insane, I mean – I keep doing the same thing day after day and

I have a very good life.  A life I’ve worked hard to achieve.  Everything worth having in my life I’ve strived for and even the times when I want to string

When I was finishing high school and during my first year of college, I probably looked my best. I didn’t work full-time. I spent every afternoon in the

Two years ago this week, my world changed. I was frantic. I was nuts. I was going BSC. After about five months of milking FMLA with teacher days

I always used to think that buying a gift for a woman was so easy. Clothes! Jewelry! Chocolate! But the longer I’ve been with my husband, the more

Last week, my throat was all scratchy, still, and the only thing that I knew could fix it, and make me feel better in the stress department, was

I am a mom who works, for a lot of reasons.  I enjoy the field I work in and I enjoy my job.  Working in a job I

By Brandee Assistant Editor/Contributor Have you ever had anyone tell you that? Look you in the face and legitimately, sincerely tell you that they think you're impressive? Or admirable, or inspiring, or

By Alicia Contributor Picking up where Kristi left off, I’d like to pen this open letter to all PTAs everywhere: Dear Parent Advisory Council, I work. Every weekday, I am otherwise occupied

By Shannon Contributor As working moms, we talk about our differences often. We discuss our different workplaces, our different childcare situations, our different work attire. We compare our children’s

By Law Momma Contributor I have this cross that I carry around with me.  It's heavy and cumbersome and it smells like laundry mildewed in the washer mixed with

By Jaime Guest Blogger from Sticky Feet part deux In the last 5 minutes I’ve been distracted by an “I don’t want to nap” 2-year-old, a 4-year-old who

By Brandee, Contributor Awhile back, one of my favorite internet mom's wrote this post Discrimination Sucks, Yo. In it, Lisa discusses her frustrations about trying to find activities for she and her

By Brandee Contributor Sometimes things happen. You know, like you're trying to sell your house and there is a showing at 4pm, and your car is at the dealership

By Heather Guest Blogger from Simple Etiquette  and Geaux Baby I’ve been a lawyer for six years.  I’ve been a mom for almost 20 months.  I’ve been thinking about

By Sarah There are a lot of reasons why I have been paying attention to the Occupy movement these last few weeks.  Some of them include my liberal politics,

By Brandee Contributor This is one of those very rare moments where I write something not laden with guilt or stress or feelings of inadequacy, which is odd considering

By Brandee Contributor There is this woman at daycare. I have written about her before on my blog, and well, I have a mom crush on her. I seriously