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Trying to Conceive Is Turning Me Into a Bitch
Ovulation strips, BBT and perfectly timed sex are making me hate the process of getting the thing I want most.
10 hrs ago
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Ryan Shepard
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August 2026
5 Things I Keep in My Kitchen So Deciding What’s for Dinner Doesn’t Ruin My Life
Decision fatigue can kiss your ass.
Aug 28
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Ryan Shepard
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I Drink Wine
On mommy culture, millennial women and the very blurry line between drinking and coping
Aug 21
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Ryan Shepard
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Join Me For Happy Hour Tomorrow
Girl chat, a killer cocktail and time for just us to unwind.
Aug 17
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Ryan Shepard
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Back To Life, One Meal at a Time
The kids are back in school and I'm finally back in the kitchen.
Aug 14
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Ryan Shepard
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Are You There, God? Kiss My Ass.
I was pregnant. Then I wasn’t. After everything my body has already survived, I don’t know what to do with the rage of losing a baby I had already made…
Aug 7
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Ryan Shepard
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July 2026
Nolan Wells and the Terror of Raising the Only Black Child in the Room
I grew up as the “safe” Black girl in white suburbia. Now I’m a mother trying to teach my children that being included is not the same as being…
Jul 10
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Ryan Shepard
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My Kids Are Gone For The Summer. Now What Happens to My Marriage?
For the second summer in a row, my girls are with family in Los Angeles, and Shep and I are remembering that marriage needs room before it becomes an…
Jul 3
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Ryan Shepard
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June 2026
I Want to Raise Good Losers
Because my kids don’t need to win everything. They need to know what to do when they don’t.
Jun 26
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Ryan Shepard
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For the Moms Who Forget To Eat
A simple breakfast and lunch plan for feeding yourself with the same care you give everyone else.
Jun 24
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Ryan Shepard
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I Don’t Want to Miss My Kids While I’m Busy Raising Them
A beach trip, big girl braids, and the brutal little realization that childhood keeps moving even when I’m just trying to get everyone out the door.
Jun 19
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Ryan Shepard
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The Mental Health Conversation Black Mothers Deserve
On anxiety, OCD, health anxiety, alcohol, medication, motherhood, cancer, and why healing should come with more options, more honesty, and less shame.
Jun 12
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Ryan Shepard
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