To All the Young Moms Whom the Internet Has Failed
It starts so innocently. What begins as a single search for a specific purpose – a recipe using overripe bananas, a solution for toy organization, a printable for fall decor – ends in a 3 hour internet binge. Instead of a recipe, solution, or printable, I find myself with 14 new home improvement projects, 3 new at-home workouts, and 12 easy steps to raising genius children overnight. It’s a hard thing, navigating life in the digital age. It’s not just hard for teenagers, it’s hard for women and men and moms and teachers and spouses and humans. All the expectations. All the opinions, all the comparison, all the “could be”s and “should be”s and “why aren’t you”s that make it…
A Tale of Two Birthdays
Before you begin to think more highly of me than you ought, I really am not that person. You know that person. The one whose house is impeccable, whose kids are dressed in pristine white clothing, and whose homegrown, homecooked family dinners are served at 6pm sharp and hit all the major food groups (her farm to her table).
