![Medical Marijuana Manages My Chronic Illness (And Makes Me A Better Mom) [Scary Mommy]](http://mommymeansit.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ra-marijuana-400x225.png)
I started using weed to control the chronic pain from my rheumatoid arthritis (RA) after the night I scared the living hell out of my kids. “Sprinkle Butt!” I repeatedly called out to my youngest daughter, my lips puckered in exaggeration. “Come here and give Mommy a big kiss, Sprinkle Butt!” I’m told I also screamed obscenities at the… Continue Reading
Every year at this time, blog posts and news reports appear begging mothers to consider all the people for whom Mother’s Day might not be a pleasant holiday. The growing trend is to request that mothers yield the day to those who have experienced loss. I have been a motherless child. I spent over two decades estranged… Continue Reading
Resolutions! Lose weight. Write a book. Read long, classic novels. Volunteer somewhere. Noble and righteous, good-person, headline-making resolutions. I long for them, these trendy resolutions full of moxie with their accompanying hashtags and meet-up groups. Join us each Sunday at the bay, the profile says We’ll spend a half hour cleaning the shoreline and then… Continue Reading
A woman was photographed nursing her baby at a Bernie Sanders rally. She was hungry, the mother told the press, so she fed her. Total bitch, right? Attention whore. Slut. Liberal. I mean — Who does that? Who feeds their hungry baby at a political rally? Are we for real, people? This notion that women who breastfeed in public… Continue Reading
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