Encouragement for New Moms Now that Scarlett is over 9 months old, I feel like I have a tight grip on this thing they call parenting. As I was working out at the gym earlier, I was randomly inspired to write about my parenting experience so far. I wanted to not only share my journey but …
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Two of the most encouraging words another mom ever said to me. A while ago, I mentioned to a mom friend that I was hosting a sleepover. I told her I hardly ever let my daughters have sleepovers because I always get all worked up out about what the girls will do and where …
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Before we read April’s beautiful piece, Mom, You Got This, we want to remind you we launch our newest book, Lose the Cape: Never Will I Ever (and then I had kids!) next Wednesday! We are still looking for reviewers and bloggers in exchange for a free ecopy of the book. If you’d like to …
Today, we welcome Melodic Rose’s words to the Lose The Cape Blog. In this guest post, she shares openly about her experience with depression, pregnancy and motherhood. Melodic Rose is a contributor in our upcoming book, Lose The Cape: Never Will I Ever (and then I had kids!) which is publishing later this month and …
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Editor’s note: As a mother with a daughter, I’ve thought about body image quite a bit. I hope you love this essay about body image and motherhood from H.M. Jones today. I wrote a poem just a few days back about body image and motherhood. I have a daughter, you see, and she’s beautiful. She …
I had a really bad day yesterday. Like REALLY bad. My kids were driving me crazy. Noise was driving me crazy. EVERYTHING was driving me crazy. I felt overwhelmed and ready to not just lose the cape, but to turn it in for ever. I never knew how hard motherhood could be. I never realized …