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Blog Posted by fiona trafton of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
We are living in a world where inequality between the sexes is omnipresent. A man who was caught on tape boasting about grabbing women’s genitals managed to become President of the United States. His rhetoric was also defended so passionately...
Blog Posted by Melissa Jacobowitz of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
On some random Saturday when we were young, my sister and I were chowing down on some Pringles. My one-of-a-kind grandfather noticed and immediately scolded us saying that we shouldn’t eat those anymore because they are not real potatoes. He said they...
Blog Posted by Julie Lachtay of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
Okay so diving straight in to magic might be too big a leap for you. How about ‘holistic’ or ‘natural’, ‘alternative medicine” if you feel more comfortable with that? It doesn’t really matter what you choose to call it. It’s...
Blog Posted by Nathalie Laitmon of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
Before the twins were born I spent a lot of days at the yoga studio trying clear my mind, center my universe and lose those final ten pounds. I gotta say, I got pretty damn good at those tree poses,...
Blog Posted by Beth Segaloff of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
Over the last few years, I have begun healing from many stories in my past that have kept me from being my most authentic self. I continue to witness parts of myself unraveling while remembering that I am here to...
Blog Posted by Amber of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
A few years ago, I read a really fascinating book called Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. It's book about the science behind a gut feeling. It goes into depth about how the body and mind are actually wired to have intuition...
Blog Posted by Michelle Mullet of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
“Rose, I’ve never met anyone like you.” “Check the cornfield on Hee-Haw.” - Sophia, Golden Girls I know there’s such a thing as built in obsolescence, but the reality is that once I’ve used a computer for a few years,...
Blog Posted by Melissa Jacobowitz of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
There's often a village of humans helping us find our way in this crazy world, especially as we're growing up. The village may be comprised of our parents, grandparents, other relatives, friends of the family, teachers, etc... Not everyone's village...
Blog Posted by Sheila Qualls of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
Dear Sons, I fear I’ve failed you by teaching you skin color doesn’t matter … when clearly it does. Maybe I should’ve taught you something different. Something closer to the truth. Skin color does matter and I struggle with feeding you...
Blog Posted by Melissa Jacobowitz of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
My son's little league career ended this spring....it's quite alright....no big drama. He simply aged out of the program and doesn't have the skill or desire to continue on to more competitive teams... It was a wonderful experience for all of...
Blog Posted by Jill Wexler of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
I’m writing this on the anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre. And my heart is breaking again. A while back, I told you that I fell into reading gay male romance and what a trip that was. At the time...
Blog Posted by Jill Wexler of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
I used to be a crafty, creative person. Decades before Pinterest existed, I fucking was the Pinterest. I used to make Christmas sweatshirts with iron on fabrics and puff paint. I painted wooden perpetual calendars and I was Modpodging the...
Blog Posted by Rebecca Mcdonald of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
Experience has taught me that not all things can be repaired or extinguished from our memories. When I was 18 years old I found myself in a predicament that I never thought i would find myself in at all. I...
Blog Posted by Melissa Fitzgerald - Liceaga of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
We lost my father-in-law this month. A man of 80 years whom I knew for 19 of those thru dating and then marrying my husband. "Mr. Juan" as I liked to call him was quiet and humble and I had...
Blog Posted by Melissa Jacobowitz of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
As I'm desperately working to finalize the yearbook for my daughter's elementary school, I keep thinking...WHY did I raise my hand for this? HOW did this happen? Did I really volunteer for this?! I mutter, "Man, this is a lot of work....
Blog Posted by Rebecca Mcdonald of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
So I'm not so sure about Tuesday's anymore. I work four ten hour shifts and Tuesday is my day off. It used to be filled with chasing kids around changing diapers making lunch, 2nd lunch and cleaning. My kids are...
Blog Posted by Karen Meister of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
Wednesday morning, I get a terrified plea from my 60+ year old long distance boyfriend. "I am in a lot of pain. I'm scared. I really want you here. Please fly up. I need you." Not one to panic, I...
Blog Posted by Patricia Wood of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
Maybe I'm crazy, or maybe I'm just a mom of toddlers. Maybe this doesn't happen for all moms, but there has to be some of you out there who are in the same shoes. Let me break down a little...
Blog Posted by Keisha Page of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
It seems like today, it’s all about helicopter parents. I remember being little and playing in the front yard without seeing my mother for hours. I walked home from school by myself in kindergarten. My grandparents were often my babysitters...
Blog Posted by Heather Burnett of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
There is one individual that can make me the happiest person on the planet only to turn me into a screaming, haggish, banshee within five seconds. That person is my sixteen-year-old daughter. Take last weekend for example. We were going...
Blog Posted by Tiffany Layne of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
About 5 years ago I gave up watching the news. It was a big deal, at least for me. Wait, let me back up a little bit. I remember when I first started watching the news. It was some kind...
Blog Posted by Erica of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
"When life gives you lemons, make lemonade." This is the cheesiest line I've ever heard. What if you don't like lemonade? I don't and I don't care to make lemonade with the so-called lemons I've been given. How about tossing them...
Blog Posted by lisa pomerantzster of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
This Yiddisheh mama has a major confession to make. I've been holding this one in, so bear with me. It comes from a lifetime ago. You SAHM's, like my Mrs., oh how I want to be you. Let me schmear (spread)...
Blog Posted by Keisha Page of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
I generally try not to care what others think about me. But I live in a pretty close-knit community, which means that I have to try at least to play nice, most of the time, if I want my kids...
Blog Posted by Patricia Wood of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
"Hey Nana," I answered the phone, awaiting the latest update. "Well, they think they found him. His body hasn't been identified by the Cleveland police yet, but there is a body of a man in the matching car, and supposedly...
Blog Posted by Melissa Jacobowitz of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
One recent Wednesday afternoon my 3rd grade daughter - I'll just call her M - came off the bus visibly upset. She's a moody one, so sometimes she comes off the bus cranky and kvetchy, but this was full on misery. She...
Blog Posted by Christine Wein of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
I went to pick up my husband’s dry cleaning today. Usually it’s an errand that takes just minutes and is always completely uneventful. When I arrived there today however the TV was on behind the counter. The...
Blog Posted by lisa pomerantzster of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
It's a slippery slope my friends and we are headed down the rabbit hole fast. The latest for me, my Mrs. and our shanah maideleh kinder (sweet beautiful girls) is our invisibility in the upcoming Census. It's been announced that there will not be an...
Blog Posted by Amber of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
Hello from the other side. The other side of parenthood that is. Seven years ago I went from the pregnant side to the parent side. There were so many things flung in our direction, it took time to process it all...except for one...
Blog Posted by Nathalie Laitmon of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
Hi. My name is Kristin and I am an addict. Not drugs. Not alcohol. Not even online shopping (but that one is debatable at the moment.) I have become addicted to monitoring my E Book sales. A few days ago...
Blog Posted by Ailish Delaney of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
My Mum is disappointed. In me. She’s disappointed in me. If you have ever been on the receiving end of anyone’s disappointment then you will know…it sucks! It’s a million times worse than anger, or the silent treatment. Give me...
Blog Posted by Martina Aiko of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
Food: isn't it just the most ridiculous source of 'mom guilt'? It starts from the moment your kids are born, with #breastisbest being thrown across social media, and snide comments about different brands of formula milk made at Mommy and...
Blog Posted by Danielle Maldonado of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
At the end of May it will officially be twenty years since I graduated from high school. High School was not altogether an unpleasurable experience for me. I had a few friends, I got my driver’s license, and I learned...
Blog Posted by Jill Wexler of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
One of the bloggers I follow posted something which prompted me to remember this parenting gem from a decade ago (holy Oil of Olay, Batman…a decade). My 13 year-old daughter and her friend, Sister Benedict, were sitting at the kitchen...
Blog Posted by Sheila Qualls of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
When I was a newlywed, I flew from Indianapolis, INDIANA, to Lawton, OKLAHOMA– 829 miles–(with multiple plane changes and weather delays) wearing nothing but a black teddy . . . and an overcoat. I was 22. I didn’t care about...
Blog Posted by Sheila Qualls of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
I wasn’t suicidal, but death didn’t sound so bad. What was wrong with me? Tired. Depressed. I’d gained almost 40 lbs. in a year. Something was going on. I wasn’t crazy. Or, at least, I didn’t think so. But something...
Blog Posted by Andra Maverick of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
Always Being On the Outside SUCKS. I attended my weekly yoga class and at the end of the hour, wandered out of the studio in my zen bliss. As I looked around, my bliss slowly faded into annoyance. ...
Blog Posted by Danielle Maldonado of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
There certain expectation of women, especially mothers, which exist in our society. A picture-perfect home, a home-cooked meal, and presentable kids in ironed clothing, sans chocolate face … Many of us have been bucking the system out of downright necessity....
Blog Posted by Melissa Fitzgerald - Liceaga of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
It is an intense feeling I had no idea existed. Or why. Buried deep and unearthed only when I realized how much I missed. I was watching but I wasn't really listening or savoring. Then poof! My almost 8-year-olds hand...
Blog Posted by Nathalie Laitmon of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
Remember back when... Back when your mom caught you smoking one of her Virginia Slims on the back porch? Back when you gave her the lip one too many times about your "dumbass" curfew? Back when she owned your ass......
Blog Posted by Ailish Delaney of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
Now, before anyone bites my head off, this is a line from Sex and the City – I was watching it last night and it got me thinking, not about whether women do want to be rescued, but whether men...
Blog Posted by Katherine Egan of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
The last few months of 2016 I was in a funk of sorts. Let me clarify… I’m not talking about a smell or a type of music; apparently there are multiple definitions of the word. The funk I’m referring to...
Blog Posted by jennifer hurvitz of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
I just sat there. Listening to these young moms talk. I wanted to lunge across the table and SHAKE THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF THEM! If only I could share my secrets! Tell them what I’d do differently. If only...
Blog Posted by Ailish Delaney of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
The day had arrived. When I had set the date, I hadn’t really thought too much about it but as it drew nearer I began to get nervous. I mean, it’d been three years! What if I forgot what to do?...
Blog Posted by Melissa Jacobowitz of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
I'm sorry, I can't do lunch today. But you work from home, don't you? What was the 3rd word you just said? Work? Yep, that one. But don't you make your own hours? No, not really. You just work part...
Blog Posted by Melissa Jacobowitz of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
Why Can't I Be Like Other People? Someone overheard you say these words. And that someone relayed that to me. My heart has been sitting in my throat ever since and there are tears in my eyes that won't dry. If...
Blog Posted by Ailish Delaney of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
Saturday was World Cancer Day. Cancer. C for Cancer. C is for Cruel and Callous, for Crummy, Crappy and another word I won’t use. That one word, those two syllables which change your entire life. In the one second it takes to...
Blog Posted by Paloma Lawrence Davis of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
Divorce is grief. People categorize it differently, like a life change or a transition or maybe even a tragedy. They focus on the finances, who gets the kids, and if the adults are acting decent or like jack asses. But...
Blog Posted by Taylor Williams-Durant of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
My daughter recently came home from school and told me that a little boy on the playground was pushing her around. Not so much physically, she reported, but more verbally. Telling her she couldn’t be friends with so-and-so, that she...
Blog Posted by Melissa Jacobowitz of Suburban Misfit Mom on October 6, 2017
"You're having a girl!" A wha? Really? "Yes, you see those 3 little lines? Those indicate girl parts." That completely took me by surprise. I figured that I'd be having another boy. Wow, a girl. Crap, a girl - ouch. Immediately I thought "drama"...
