Kristi Pahr

I have a confession to make. Target, meh. I’m just not that into it.

I have to go shopping tomorrow and I’m dreading it.

Essential oils have become incredibly popular and can be found everywhere from your local farmer’s market and community festival to social media.

It is understood that to effectively and officially attachment parent your child, you need to hit all the markers, check all the boxes, and do it without dissolving into a crying mess on the floor when your baby won’t stop crying and you only slept for two hours and you have to go to the supermarket because you’re out of coffee, but you shouldn’t even be DRINKING coffee and you’re the worst mother in the world.

I know how it feels to not contribute financially to the household. I know how it feels to be completely dependent on someone else for my financial stability. I know how it feels to know that if something dreadful and unthinkable happened, I’d be completely destitute. And it’s terrifying.

“Is she Black or white?” I asked another mom who was describing a little girl in her son’s class that she thought my family might know.

I’m lazy as hell, you guys. I know it’s true and I’m not particularly ashamed.