If you’re wondering what an Ultimate Karen is look no further than yourself if you’re older than a middle schooler. Karen is a name that middle schoolers use as an adjective. It’s a “mom name” and it’s not cool. If…
Nobody Knows
It’s Day of the Dead and while on the surface, it appears to be a morbid holiday, at its core it’s actually a very sweet holiday. Day of the Dead is a Mexican tradition where those who have passed are…
Books: Then Again Maybe I Will {My Love For Judy Blume}
Reading is the bane of my existence. Not me, I love books, but the middle school VSCO girl I have living with me does not like reading and fights me every day about it. It’s part of her homework, but…
Visco, or VSCO, is Dead
If you’re the mother of a tween or teen girl you have probably heard the term “VSCO Girl.” When I first heard it, I asked my daughter if it meant “Vintage Disco?” She looked at me, kind of said yes…
Mallrats or Growing up in the 80s
My daughter has been asking a lot of questions lately. Questions about first kisses, and first dates, and first boyfriends. She’s been asking me, her grandma, her aunts, and her older, female cousins. She thinks all of our answers are…
Are We There Yet? or The Summer Road Trip
Last week, I posted about my friend Jonathan and his modern road trip. But what about the nostalgic road trip? The one you took as a kid. The road trip where you didn’t need to wear a seatbelt, couldn’t use…
Yes Mom or Day of Yes
A yes man is by definition a weak person who agrees with everything their boss suggests. Also known as a doormat, lackey, or follower. I am not a yes man, or for that matter, a yes mom. In fact, I…
My Parents are Divorcing
One of the worst things about divorce is the effect is has on your kids. You change the trajectory of their lives. In our case, we pulled our daughter from a safe home environment, and shoved her into a place…
We Should All be Feminists
We should all be feminists. We’re women, after all. Unless you’re reading this and you’re a man, but then, you have a mother, and maybe a sister. Feminists are fighting for equality for women. We’re fighting for equal pay, and…
Safety First or Using a Booster Seat Until College
When Kim Zolciak-Biermann was recently lambasted on social media for posting a picture of her son in her car in a booster seat, I was totally on her side! People were saying he looked too big to be in a…
Best Movies for Tweens
I have a tween. I’m not sure how it happened and it gives me anxiety to say it. When she went to middle school, all of a sudden, she matured exponentially in the span of a few months. With this…
Me, Also or Our Lips are Sealed
When I was in high school, I was locked in a bathroom at a party by a boy who had a crush on me. I did not have a crush on him. He had been pursuing me for a while,…