Gemma Hartley

When I made the decision to become a stay-at-home mother, the choice was an easy one.

This straggler struggle is weighing on me! That is, the struggle of having one straggler child left at home, and I’m wondering if it will ever get better.

There is a chasm separating "bad behavior" from "being bad." Our kids have to learn from us that their one-time actions do not permanently define them.

My six-year-old son got into the car after school and declared he only wanted to have one kid when he grew up.

When my son was little, I used to let him win board games a lot.

A breakup, Mom, a cheerleading competition, and Valentine's Day...

I was lucky enough to avoid a great deal of body negativity growing up.

I spent most of my life assuming I was an introvert, but not a very good one. Then finding out I'm an ambivert totally changed my life!

I spent the better part of two years a frazzled mess over things that ultimately didn’t matter. My child was still growing up perfectly normal, even when he didn’t follow the straight and narrow path set forth by his pediatrician. I was driving myself over the edge for nothing.

Making friends as a grown woman is hard. I figured out a few tips on how to set up successful one-on-one friend dates, as well as how to handle the territory of a budding platonic relationship with another woman.