Tag: mom

• Relearning softness

  After years of defense… I grew up in confusion more than darkness. My childhood wasn’t all pain it was just uneven, unpredictable. A lot of second-guessing about where I belonged. At home, I was always quietly wondering: Is it safer with Mom today? Or Dad? I learned to read the room before I learned to trust it.…

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• When Fiction Isn’t Fiction (and You’re Still the Villain Anyway)

  Some men don’t write novels. They write cover stories. There’s a particular kind of audacity it takes to turn your failed marriage into fiction — to pour your truth onto the page, scrub it of names, and call it art. My sister’s ex-husband has decided he’s a novelist now. His “fictional” story centers on a…

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• Podcasts That Feel Like Therapy for Burnt-Out Moms

  Burnout isn’t just about being tired — it’s about carrying too much, for too long, with no finish line in sight. For single moms, it’s working a full-time job and then clocking into the second shift at home without ever getting to clock out. It’s survival mode stacked on survival mode. That’s why I put…

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• the fucking audacity of: this man. He wants to be my man, but wants other women, but doesn’t want me to have another man.

  Read that again, twice. Do you have the same migraine I do? There’s something in the Portland air—and I don’t mean the rain or the smell of weed or body odor. I mean the audacity. So here’s the tea: I’ve was lowkey seeing this man. He’s cute. He’s charming. He says all the right things.…

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• How to Break Down Your Paycheck Like a Boss mama (and Not Lose Your Mind)

  Let’s be real for a second… When you’re a single, working mom getting paid twice a month, your paycheck is basically on life support the second it hits your account. Between daycare, gas, Target runs, and whatever random fee your kid’s school just sent home in a crumpled folder — it’s giving overwhelmed. But we’re…

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• $ crash course pt.1

  In financial literacy / budgeting for the single mama RENTERS out there… I’m going to need you to budget like you’re the CFO of Chaos : Girl, you know that feeling when payday hits and 48 hours later you’re like “Where’d it all go?” Yeah. Time to treat that paycheck like a shady ex—track it,…

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• Dating in portland? ew.

  Let’s talk about the tragic comedy that is dating in Portland, Oregon… while being a full-time single mom in her 30s… who still doesn’t fully understand how to swipe on Hinge without accidentally matching with a guy who looks like he vapes essential oils and wears toe shoes to pick up his organic kale from…

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