Good Enough Mother Gift Guide: Valentine’s Day
Think of this as a pubic service announcement. In case you haven’t checked the calendar, Valentine’s Day is around the corner and I’m telling you now, it’s a really bad idea to go tearing out of the driveway on the 14th at 7 pm, thinking you’ll find the “perfect gift”. No one works THAT well [...]
Read More →My Solution To Father-Son Conflict? Work It Out… ALONE!
Before I go into this, there are a few things you need to know about me. I am not perfect. Okay, so maybe you knew that already. Just puting it out there again. You come here for the unvarnished truth and I take my responsibility seriously. It’s my job to give it to you, warts, [...]
Read More →Our Story Begins: Have A Little Faith In Me
This week taught me a lesson and made me think…a whole lot. This was the week my work life and home life collided in spectacular fashion. I have a job that I am insanely fortunate to have with bosses who are also fabulously patient with me, and the fact that I have a home life [...]
Read More →Ask The Good Enough Guy: Why Do Guys Always Cheat On Me?
…And then disappear? Dear Will: I’m a great woman. I can cook, keep my house organized, I work long hours so that I never have to ask for anything. I don’t do the mani-pedi thing, or have my hair done at the shop too much because frankly, I was never a real girly-girl to [...]
Read More →A Good Enough Mother Welcome!
I just want to take a moment to say, “Hi and welcome!” to all our new readers who have made their way to Good Enough Mother from the story posted on MSNBC.com. I know you’ve come over to check out the pieces on my natural hair transition so I’ll make it easy on you and [...]
Read More →Hillery Shay: Raisin’ In Minnesota
Hey all, I’d like to introduce you to our newest columnist Hillery Shay! Hillery and I go back a bit; we used to run in the same journalism circles. Hillery, like so many of us, is in the process of reinventing and has decided she wants to contribute to our little site a couple times [...]
Read More →The GEM Debate: A Picture Says A Thousand (Sexist) Words?
By Ella Rucker: Ah, yes, the silent film; it’s made a lot of noise this year, hasn’t it? The Artist has garnered all sorts of accolades and awards, culminating in Oscar nods for Best Picture and Best Actor for star Jean Dujardin. Dujardin is busy now, out promoting his new movie, The Player with some [...]
Read More →UPDATE: Komen Reverses Planned Parenthood Decision!
I had a hard time sleeping last night and woke up in a funk today. Of course, it didn’t take me long to figure out why my heart was so heavy; the fight between two giants committed to women’s health was taking its toll on this woman. As I stated yesterday, Komen is an organization [...]
Read More →Life Lessons: Carissa Morris
Hey all, Happy Friday! Today’s Life Lesson comes to us from a woman who reached out to me on Twitter, having seen one of our other folks (I think it was Ted Rubin) featured. Carissa’s got a lot on her plate right now and more coming. She’s also a survivor. Read on and you’ll see [...]
Read More →The GEM Debate: Fair Or Foul?
By Ella Rucker: Now is a very interesting time of the year as we have two contests of note brewing. There’s the Superbowl and the Republican primaries. And watching the two has me wondering, “Why aren’t there some sort of regulations to keep the candidates playing fair?” I read this article concerning Newt Gingrich not [...]
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