About Honest Mom
Dare to be naked before your readers. Because that is writing, and everything else is worthless crap.
I wish I said that. But it comes from a blog by Billy Coffey. And it’s what I believe.
On Honest Mom you’ll find authentic, true writing. Sometimes humorous. Sometimes thoughtful. Sometimes serious. But always, always honest.
I write a lot about managing my ongoing depression, which started with PPD and has morphed into chronic depression. I have found that the topic of moms and depression is not talked about enough, and I want other moms to know they are not alone in their struggles. My ultimate goal is to help lift the stigma of depression through my writing while helping other moms to feel less alone in their battles with the chronic illness.
It’s not all serious around here, though. I do humor, too! Check it out – I can be kinda funny sometimes. And naturally I write about parenting. Because raising little girls is filled with blogging gold, I tell you!
Here’s a few tidbits about me and my life:
- I have two daughters, Anne (6) and Grace (4), and a husband (Hubs). They are all excellent blog fodder. I mostly leave Hubs out of it, but the kids? They’re definitely fair game.
- I started writing short fiction at the age of 13 and my day job is being a part-time freelance copywriter.
- I love wine, gardening, cooking food that is awesome but no one in my family will eat because it’s not pasta, gardening, writing, my Macbook, making pretty baked goods and crafts with my kids, coffee, my iPhone, and chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
- I detest working out, bad coffee, whining, close-minded political nutjobs, catty women, and people who stand too close to me and have no concept of personal space. Which means I guess my kids are in trouble because they are always thisclose to me.
So that’s me. Honest Mom. Welcome to my blog. Grab a cup of coffee or glass of wine and let’s hang, shall we?
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Hmm not too keen on the coffee, but wine? I’m right there with you!
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Coffee is a must for me; I can’t survive without it.
I love finding brand new, just-starting-out blogs. It feels like the beginning of a journey that I don’t want to miss. Great title and goal. Can’t wait to see what comes next.
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Thank you so much! Looking forward to checking out your blog, too.
Glad I discovered you. Great writing. My daughter is a mom blogger, too. Her website is mypajamadays.com and she writes on the Write On Edge prompt sometimes, too. You might want to check her out because I think you would both enjoy each other’s writing.
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Thank you! I think I’ve read your daughter’s blog. Will check it and yours out again!
So I read your BBC blog and realize that that’s MY problem: my father reads my blog, my friends read it, and even some of the other parents at our co-op preschool read it! (Thus someone I barely know gave me a little arm-pat today, presumably because of a recent post about spending the weekend crying, crying, crying. And my father emails me after every new post, which is kind of annoying-like I have no privacy.
So…how did you create a new blog w/o losing your readership? Unfortunately, I’ve been trying to “brand” my blog–had business cards made, am in blogger networks, etc. How do you do things like this when you’re staying anonymous? And do I start a new blog where I just write freely and keep my old blog as some kind of generic motherhood/review blog? (Um, yes, I believe I just led myself to the answer…)
Any tips on taking the leap and switching to a new blog would be great. My own blog at this point bores me, since I need to hold back so much!
Thanks!
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Hi Julia! I just saw this comment. I don’t know why I’ve missed all the comments on my pages (as opposed to blog posts) over the last few months. I’d be happy to chat with you about making the leap to an anonymous blog! Ping me if you still want to talk about it…
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Hey! Thanks! You are awesome. I am adding you to my blogroll – loooove your blog!
Thanks
I am a depression-suffering, full time working mom with 2 HIGH maintenance daughters (you think it’s bad now? Wait till they are tweens!), a husband who hates when I talk about him online, a passion for coffee, and a strong dislike for mean people and working out. Do you think we are like long lost sisters or something???
Love the blog, can’t wait to keep reading!
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Hi Liza! I just saw this comment from a few months ago. Seems like we could be long lost sisters. And I’m only half-joking – I have a long-lost half sister out there somewhere…
I hope your holidays were happy!
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Thanks, you too!
Just found you blog through CNN regarding the depression and managing it article with parenting.com. THANK YOU!! I’m currently pregnant with my second child and deal with this everyday. It’s a struggle. Looking forward to reading your blog!!
Thank You for talking about PPD and Depression… I also suffered from PPD and now have chronic depression. I am not shy about it and am so happy to see you are standing up!
Just read some of your blog after seeing you on Katie. Have to say you are no longer going to be able to enjoy a quite life and blog. Your blog BTW is amazing and so are you. I don’t suffer from depression but I have loved ones that do so it’s really nice to get another’s perspective on the subject. Thank you for talking about depression, kids and being a mom. I will continue to come back to read your blog you are an excellent writer.
Hi Cara – was it this post? http://honestmom.com/2012/09/13/depression-remission-or-just-intermission/
Hi – no – though, that is a good one. It was the one where you had described when you weren’t taking the meds and you had feelings of rage, anger, frustration and the other overall symptoms you had while not on them. I’m sorry – I thought I had book marked it. It was a couple of months ago.