My Family Blog

by Denise Cortes posted in Mom Stories I was lucky enough to have an awesome set of grandparents. They were loving and kind and involved in my life. I even had a healthy great grandmother until I was in my 30′s. I guess it pays to have ancestors who procreate at the age of 14. [...]

by Denise Cortes posted in Mom Stories I was lucky enough to have an awesome set of grandparents. They were loving and kind and involved in my life. I even had a healthy great grandmother until I was in my 30′s. I guess it pays to have ancestors who procreate at the age of 14. [...]

by Betsy Shaw posted in Mom Stories Whoa. Dude. What would you say to someone, like the dad who wrote this op-ed column, who swears medically-prescribed pot brownies have made them a better parent. Prescribed marijuana by his doctor to treat occasional “back pain, bouts of stress, compounded by anxiety,” Mark Wolfe discovered there ...

by Betsy Shaw posted in Mom Stories Whoa. Dude. What would you say to someone, like the dad who wrote this op-ed column, who swears medically-prescribed pot brownies have made them a better parent. Prescribed marijuana by his doctor to treat occasional “back pain, bouts of stress, compounded by anxiety,” Mark Wolfe discovered there ...

by Denise Cortes posted in Mom Stories If you are the mother of more than one child, than you understand how annoying it is to constantly fumble over the names of your children. This is me, totally. I find myself going down the roster of names every single time, especially the ones that start with [...]

by Stacie Lewis posted in Mom Stories Tonight, my disabled daughter May is soundly asleep in the next room. But, if she had been born in Florida, chances are she would not be next door, where I can rush to her side at any moment, but locked up in an institution from birth. I’m not [...]

Today marks two months since the day our plane landed in San Francisco, and we were home with Elvie at last. I have so many clear memories of that trip home, but the one that stands out most is walking through the airport in Dubai, with Elvie in my left arm, never having to stop [...]

by Gwen Dewar, Ph.D. posted in Mom Stories Have you heard about the famous self-control marshmallow experiment? Decades ago, Walter Mischel presented preschoolers with a terrible dilemma: Eat one marshmallow now, or leave it alone for 15 minutes and get two marshmallows as a reward. Many kids couldn’t resist temptation. But some of them did. [...]

by Charlie & Andy posted in Mom Stories Originally posted on HowToBeADad.com. Follow Charlie & Andy on Facebook! If you’ve ever been sliced by a baby fingernail, you know that they make razor blades feel like feathers across your face. It’s hard to get mad at a bundle babyness but it sure does hurt when [...]

by Betsy Shaw posted in Mom Stories This story might be the ultimate tale of a mother’s sacrifice for her child. It’s also a testament to the benefits of young motherhood. In the story from Martha Irvine of the Associated Press we learn how a woman came to give birth to her own granddaughter. When [...]