Mother /ˈmʌðə/ 1. noun, a female parent 2. verb, bring up (a child) with care and affection reality, one who …
I live in a house run by a tiny army that I created myself
A Man once said to me: “Children are the key to paradise!”And I wholly agree, they are the greatest joy in life. …
Feminist rant. Don’t read if you’re squeamish.
Today everything is against me. I press the pump on the soap dispenser but instead of landing on my hand, …
Oh, the guilt of motherhood
It’s yet another morning that I’m sitting in the daycare parking lot reciting things I’m grateful for (or at least …
How to approach the rage cleaning woman (and survive)
I used to think that when the house got too dirty, my husband would take one look at it and …
Copywriters are only good for writing sales copy. Right?
Add-on selling, up-selling, cross-selling, focus-selling, match-selling, selling, selling, selling — that’s what copywriters do right? They write copy with the purpose of …
When God created woman he was working late on the 6th day
An adaptation of ‘When God Created Mothers’ by Erma Bombeck When God created woman he was working late on the …
The Photographs, or How I Tried To Stave Off Loneliness With Fantasies
I look at the photographs and try to remember how old I was when they were taken. I have short …
If you were a girl in Pakistan, your life would be unrecognisable
When I lived in Pakistan, the most striking difference to how I, the liberal Scandinavian, was raised was how the …
Sleep, oh, sleep! Why won’t you fall asleep?
As the mother of a toddler, a significant portion of my day is spent rocking, swaying, bouncing, patting, swinging, shushing, …
Why do my children have to teach me such unpleasant things about myself?
A woman got on the bus with her two children, visibly flustered, and dragging her get behind her. They were …