Ma Maven | The Mom Without A Manual

Let’s talk about mom hacks. Who are they for and do they really work? Recently, I shared here on my blog, one of my very own mom hacks in detail which I believe is a surefire way to get my children to take a midday nap. I felt like I…

Why won’t my toddlers take a nap? It’s like I have to fight to put them down while they’re fighting their own exhaustion. Whereas I, an adult, would love the opportunity for somebody to tell me, “Put everything down. You look like you’ve had a hectic morning. Go take a…

Grief, sadness, heartbreak, disappointment, in this day in age there has been a desire to avoid facing trials of any kind like it’s the plague. Couple that with having to teach my children how to be emotionally sound and there lies a petri dish of a mess. What still amazes…

It’s a Monday morning and I just dropped my oldest son off at school. After the morning drop, I would usually run right home to be with my babies and husband, lately, I find myself not being in much of a hurry. I woke up this morning, at 2 am…

Being a mom can be very alienating at times. I don’t think that people realize that. Then throw in the stay-at-home mom title and the feelings of loneliness are compounded. I’ve observed moms who are able to combat these feelings by having a peer group or community where there are…

Everybody at some point in their lives wants to be made new again. With the closing of one year and waking up in the next makes you reevaluate what you have been mulling over for the last 365 days. “Another year has passed me by and I didn’t do this,…

With the holiday season fast approaching I thought it would be a perfect time to talk about co-parenting. This might be a hot-button issue for a lot of parents in a co-parenting situation like myself, I oftentimes wonder if others felt the way that I did when it came to…

Finding love as a single mom is possible. When you’re a single mom your heart longs to find that one person in the world who will love and accept you and all that comes along with being in a relationship with you. That means your child or children. You may…

My job doesn’t pay too well, or at all. Currently, I am still on the clock and I’ve been working since 3:00 a.m. I’ve had a lot of late nights and early mornings before but nothing like this. It seems like it’s been an ongoing trend where I wake up…