The MotherVerse Blog: mothering out loud

Politics aside, I have a question about Sarah Palin, John McCain’s choice of running mate for the GOP’s bid to retain its occupancy of the White House.
I’m just so curious about how a mother of five, who has an infant with special needs, juggles being a mom, governor and vice presidential candidate. I’m not judging. […]

Earlier this week, People magazine published its reported $14 million photos of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie with their new twins.
The three-week-old babies look like babies. Nothing amazing there. Brad is his hunky grunge self. The couple’s four other children, who are seen almost daily in paparazzi photos, are their usual cute and uniquely stylish […]

Preschool finished for my twins two weeks ago and Friday will be the last day of fourth grade for my son. Then, like millions of children throughout the United States, my trio will be home from school for nearly three months. Three months!
My question for all of us (parents, employers, politicians, educators) is “Why?”
Unlike in […]

Do you ever have a day when you feel like you never catch your breath, never complete a thought, and never sit down (except, perhaps, to drive)?
I have those days a lot as a Stay-at-Home mother of three. Until having a child, and now living the life I do, I never imagined a person could […]

Hello MotherVerse readers:
As I’m a new contributor to the blog, I’ll use this first post to introduce myself and explain my place in the “motherverse.”
My name is Melissa Stanton, and prior to becoming a Stay-at-Home mother of three, I was an editor at Time Inc., where I worked for LIFE and People magazines. I left […]