Category: Mother
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To My Daughter On The Day Of Your High School Graduation…
I really do not know how we reached this monumental point in your life. I am still twirling you around to High School Musical’s Breaking Free. People always told me to treasure the days because they go by too quickly and I couldn’t understand it until now. To be cliche,…
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I Lost Myself During Quarantine
“And then there was me, lonely, lowly me. I wasn’t needed, and I began to wonder why I was still here.”
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2019, The Year and The Decade
“There is so much that I can make happen, and for the first time in a long while, I am excited!”
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Are You A Mom?
If you’re reading this, you probably answered yes to the above question. I mean who out there reads blogs more than us mothers? Am I right? This came up in a hilarious book I just read titled Nobody F#&@ing Told Me: “Mess”ays from Motherhood by Sammie Prescott. Sammie is a…
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Living With Someone Who Is Mentally Ill: Interview with My Daughter
My daughter has seen it all. From her oceanic blue eyes in her cherub baby face to now, almost 12 years later. She is a remarkable child who has not only witnessed her mother’s hysterics (& panic attacks, drastic weight loss and days of not getting out of bed) but…
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When All You Can Do Is Blame Yourself For Your Daughter’s Diagnosis
I tried to hold my tears back as I stared into my daughter’s oceanic blue eyes. I could feel them welling up, feel the moisture increasing. Not here, not now, not in public, Stephanie. But, to be cliché, the dam was about to break. A tear or two escaped. My…
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When You Need To Discuss Sexual Harassment With Your Pre-teen Child
“Mom, I need to tell you something,” my daughter spoke as I started the car after picking her up from the YMCA yesterday, “but I don’t think you are going to like it.” I love sentences that start this way. I had no idea what was going to come out…
S. Paige Writes: 