Motherhood sucked the life into and out of me.
When my daughter was born in 1998 she sucked the life out of me. I don’t think twice about saying this. I say it with more confidence and gusto now […]
When my daughter was born in 1998 she sucked the life out of me. I don’t think twice about saying this. I say it with more confidence and gusto now […]
My child is changing places with me. Her first nerves awaken my jaded awareness. First license. First unfixable sob, soon. Each transition a tip toe into doorways. Learn to say […]
A quote I wrote as a tribute to the close of my Orlando Mothers & More chapter. As mothers we carry our message forward to our daughters who will one […]
Have you ever stepped way outside conventional parenting practices? What was the reaction? From my essay: “Re-inventing the F word: Feminism” …After my daughter was born, except for six months […]
Image by photostock, published on 19 June 2011 A former President of Mothers & More, activist, community organizer and inspired woman-leader extraordinaire recently posted a Mother’s Day question to one of […]
Excerpted from my essay “Awakened” …..A woman’s physiology can be a complicated cocktail to dissect particularly when her symptoms are studied by the elite medical world of traditional male doctors […]
August 2010 Funny Girls By Laura Owens I have a dry and at times immature sense of humor. I assumed once I became a mother I’d reign this in, like […]
(Photo credit) Dearest child, Your mom and I both love you; both of us adore every hair on your sweet head, every cell in your precious being. We both […]
October 2009 Oh pleeaze Dr. Phil, that show you played (again) on Stay at home moms VERSUS Working moms: The Debate That Never Dies? It’s so overplayed it made me […]
When I wrote this I knew I might have to duck a few arrows, that it could come across as purposely flip, irreverent and disrespectful to Christians, but that’s not my […]