The MotherVerse Blog: mothering out loud

Four new books have just been released or are being released very shortly which were edited by, or include, current and previous MotherVerse writers. Support these fantastic mama writers and get a great summer read by picking up a copy of their books today!
“The Stay at Home Survival Guide” by Melissa Stanton. Melissa’s story […]

Just under a year ago I began having pain in my body.  It has been sort of an all over hurt that has gotten worse with time.  It is so bad now that I cannot get through the day without pain pills.  If that wasn’t enough, I have such severe brain fog and memory loss […]

It’s all I think about.
I’ve been on leave from work for one year. I’m one of the lucky ones. Every time I bemoan the fact that I have to return in July, another mother trumps me.
“I had to go back after four months.”
“Two months.”
“Six weeks.”
On Friday I visited a daycare people in town had raved […]

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 […]

Shaken, not stirred? Tossed lightly? What best blends a blended family? Often it feels like those days when I don’t have a dinner plan. I gather odd items from the cupboards and throw a meal together. It has the essentials of a meal, but not in any combination I’ve ever served before.
I embarked on the […]