The MotherVerse Blog: mothering out loud

I’ve had a stressful week (or month) and I’ve been feeling kind of down about, well… everything. It’s easy to get caught in a slump and start feeling like nothing is ever going to go right; that everything you’ve been working towards is never going to happen. And the things that I’ve been working towards […]

Does mommy brain ever go away? Please tell me it does. 
But then again, my son is six… I guess I have to stop blaming things on “mom brain”. I think that’s only a good excuse through the toddler years. 
I’ll preface this by saying: this week was a busy one at work. I worked on probably […]

I opened the door to my freezer last night expecting to find a fudge pop on top shelf. All I wanted was something sweet to snack on while I watched the latest episode of Deadliest Catch after a very long day. 
What I found, instead, was my son’s latest “science experiment”. 
To call it a science experiment […]

Is there such a thing as a good divorce?
There are several book titles with both the words “good” and “divorce” printed on the glossy book jackets.
When I began telling people that my first husband and I were separated and planned on getting a divorce, most of my friends and family didn’t think it was “good”.
A […]

Kindergarten was the first time that anyone mentioned my son’s unfocused behavior, his dreaminess, and his inability to concentrate. But it was only kindergarten - he didn’t need the concentration of a monk.
In first grade, things began to change. From the beginning, his teacher told me the same things the Kindergarten teacher had said. But […]