Authors Posts by Mary C
Mary C
Mary grew up in Texas but fled north in pursuit of seasons and snow. She fell for a Michigan boy, and they are raising three mini Michigangsters. Mary lives for 90's music, books by Jasper Fforde, strong mosquito repellent, and using a big word when a little one will do. She adores her husband and children, tolerates housework, and dotes on her flock of backyard chickens.
Let Them Paint: Learning to be the mom who doesn’t hide the Play-Doh
I never saw myself as the type who would one day be that mom, the one who flips out over Cheerios on the floor and red paint on the toddler's forehead. I kind of always...
The Quest for Crunchy: Finding Balance with Natural Parenting
The term "crunchy mama" has never bothered me. My younger sister thinks I'm a helplessly new-age crazed hippie when I suggest an essential oil for something, but I don't shy away from modern medicine....
You Were Almost Mine: The Incomparable Grief That Is Miscarriage
I never felt you kick, but somehow felt your presence all the same. You were so small, and you were gone so soon, but you were so very, very real to me.
Losing you shook me...
Five Things Every Mom Wants to Hear
As moms, we hear a great many things every day. Besides the obvious variations on our title being repeated ad nauseam {"Mom! Mawwwm! Mommy! MOM! Mama! Mommy!"}, there's the obvious and insistent "Why?" and the...
Back-to-School Blues: Down to One Child
It's that time of year that moms yearn for all summer long. Unfortunately, when it gets here, some moms are overtaken by remorse at seeing their little ones off to school for the whole...
5 Hard-and-Fast Rules from a Mom of 3 Who’s Been There
When you are new in the parenting realm, there are all kinds of rules that people like to impose on you.
Upon becoming pregnant, there are myriad rules about what you can't do, what you...
Would I Let Someone Else Speak to My Child This Way?
It was the most amazing thing. I absolutely short-circuited my own temper when I felt fit to burst, with a single, unprompted thought.
Would I let someone else speak to my child this way?
The answer...
I Have No Idea How to Raise a Boy.
I am a female who was raised with one sister. Boys were a terrifying, alien, fascinating concept to me for most of my childhood and adolescence, yet here I am, raising one.
What in the...
My Rainbow Baby: The Love After the Storm
When I got pregnant, three months after losing a baby to miscarriage, I had never heard the term "rainbow baby." And when it came time to come up with something to call that little...