The MotherVerse Blog: mothering out loud

My name is Missy Flynn and I am a single mother living in Minneapolis, MN and here is my story…
I remember my dad asking me once, “Love, what do you want to be when you grow up?” I confidently replied, “I want to be what mom is, a mom. I want to drive a […]

I would guess that most, if not all of the readers of this blog are mothers. As a mother myself I know that you all share the same worst fear as me, which is having to experience the death of a child. Maybe some of you have experienced that horror in the past […]

Your Name: Homemom3
Where you’re from: North Carolina
Where you’ve been: I’m military, we’ve been everywhere….California, Oklahoma, Arizona, NC, etc.
Kids?: Yep, I sure got them, currently one is in my lap, another behind me playing a gameboy, a third in a chair in the living room reading a book and the fourth one […]

Your Name: Stephanie Susnjara
Where you’re from: Katonah, New York
Where you’ve been: I’m a NYC transplant, wondering how I landed in the ‘burbs
Kids? Gary, 9 Zoe, 5
Significant other? In transition
What you’re thinking about: Incorporating more Buddhist philosophy into my day-to-day routine
What you’re working on: A midlife crisis
What challenges you: Parenthood
What you […]

So, had you asked me at 21 where I pictured myself in 10 years, I would have said:
- I will be a famous writer, a well-respected book editor, an independant woman with a host of handsome boyfriends, no children but a rewarding career, perhaps there will be a cat in my NYC loft, but only […]

Your Name: Mama/Robyn Moore
Where you’re from: Dayton, Ohio
Where you’ve been: on a journey….
Kids? feisty, ornery, sweet 17 month old boy
Significant other? husband, friend of 9 years
What you’re thinking about: empowering women to take ownership of the transition to motherhood- starting with pregnancy and birth, […]

Your Name: Stacey Loscalzo
Where you’re from: Rhode Island
Where you’ve been: Rhode Island, Virginia, New Jersey
Kids? Caroline (4 going on 14), Katherine (18 months)
Significant other? Rob
What you’re thinking about: teething, writing, making friends, getting my act together
What you’re working on: making daily writing a habit, getting my writing out into the world, finding the right balance […]

My name is Christina D’Addio (as in daddy-yo) and I’m a first-time mother to a voracious eater, Xavier. My grandmother can’t remember his name and calls him excalibur.
In the two short months I’ve been a mother I have become the embodiment of every maternal cliche I used to mock. I cried when I stopped breastfeeding, […]

I’m a 41-year-old mother of a preschooler and twin toddlers. All boys, all beautiful, of course.
In a previous life, not so long ago, I was a single, career-minded (or was it single-minded?) academic. I’m still reeling from the physiological, psychological and social blast that vaulted my life into unknown territory. Apart from my chronic sleep […]

Your Name: Shelli Bond Pabis
Where you’re from: Georgia, U.S.A.
Where you’ve been: My dad loved to travel, so I saw many parts of the U.S. when I was a kid. We also moved a lot. Bitten by the travel bug, I participated in a work abroad program to London, England after […]