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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Taylor Mitchell of Greenville, SC, who turned her financial life around by driving affiliate sales for Walmart and other retailers. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I was a young mom when I started a link-in-bio online storefront selling…
People now speak honestly about postpartum exhaustion, hormones, and sleepless nights, but very few people talk about the way motherhood pulls you back toward your own mother in almost instinctive ways.Every uncertainty suddenly becomes a reason to reach for her. When my baby boy would not settle, when his cry…
As a working mom of four, life is often stressful. I balance multiple jobs, and it seems like someone in the family is either sick, has a school project due, or is going through teenage travails, which makes it difficult to find a cadence that provides balance and calm. I…
A few weeks ago, a friend dropped a link in our mom text group asking if anyone wanted to take an afternoon off and see a matinee on Broadway together.My first thoughts were: absolutely not. I have a job. It’s the most hectic time of the school year. I’m a…
It all started with a onesie, as so many parenthood journeys do.The Ipswich Town Tractor Boys gear traveled across the Atlantic before I snuck it onto my then-infant son, just before my husband arrived home. Adorable photos of the drool-covered shirt followed, sent back across the pond to Ipswich, England,…
I was resting my eyes on a Saturday morning when my son burst into the living room and uttered the dreaded words, “What are we going to do today?” When I told him the plan (again), he wasn’t pleased. We had some chores to do, and then we were going…
I’m 31, and my mom will be 70 this year. We haven’t had the talk yet — the conversation about what our lives will look like when she retires. To make this more complex, I’m an only child, and we live in different continents. She has often joked that I…
Jennifer Garner, 54, says she’s grateful her kids understood the demands of her acting career.In an interview with InStyle published on Wednesday, the “13 Going on 30” actor spoke about dedicating more time to her career now after spending years focused on being a mom.”When my kids were little, I…
This story is based on an interview with Trisha Martin, 58, a spiritual therapist from St Louis, Missouri. It has been edited for length and clarity.My 87-year-old mom — whom I affectionately call Mommi — had always been the epitome of independence.She didn’t want us to do anything for her…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Cherie DeVaux. It has been edited for length and clarity.I still can’t put into words the feeling of winning the Kentucky Derby. “Exciting” doesn’t cut it.Everything in my life came down to that moment: it was the culmination of all the…
