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Category Archive: Pages

Winter Solstice

sun on water
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The longest night and the shortest day. For many years now our little family has marked this day […]

Amanda Shaffer 21/12/2020 Domestic, Pages, Philosophical

First Days

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When my daughter was younger, like many parents, we marked important days with a photo. First day of […]

Amanda Shaffer 14/08/2019 Domestic, Mother Issues, Pages, Uncategorized

Chopping Brush

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A post on the Facebook group Pantsuit Nation made me cry this morning. It was by a young […]

Amanda Shaffer 09/06/2017 Girly Things, Pages, Philosophical, Politics

Sleeping Together

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“What would you say if I asked to have my boyfriend sleep over?” My daughter and her friend […]

Amanda Shaffer 03/06/2017 Pages

What Your Mother Has Done

A New York Times opinion piece about work/life balance (“A Toxic Work World“) is making the rounds and […]

Amanda Shaffer 21/09/2015 Current Events, Feminism, Girly Things, Mother Issues, Pages

Amanda Bear with Too Much Content

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When our daughter was younger she was really into The Bearenstain Bears books and cartoons. The books, if […]

Amanda Shaffer 14/07/2015 Pages, Random Stuff, Writing

How I Fail as a Mother

We all have moments that take the stuffing out of us and make us question our worth. When […]

Amanda Shaffer 05/11/2014 Domestic, Pages

What No One Tells You About Parenting

When my husband and I decided to have a baby reactions to my pregnancy usually included a story […]

Amanda Shaffer 24/10/2014 Pages

Abortion = Compassion

Anyone who reads this blog for more than five minutes knows I am a staunch supporter of reproductive […]

Amanda Shaffer 15/10/2014 Pages, Politics, Religion

Fact or Opinion

Over dinner the other night we had one of those twisty turny conversations that kept us at the […]

Amanda Shaffer 26/09/2014 Feminism, Girly Things, Pages, Politics

Ranting in disgust – a proud mother moment

The other day my daughter posted a mini-rant on her Facebook page. She must have been deeply bored […]

Amanda Shaffer 08/08/2014 Feminism, Girly Things, Pages, Politics

Attention Cranky Hippie Ladies: you are promoting the wrong kind of feminism.

The power to define yourself rather than allowing society to define you by your gender or sexuality is […]

Amanda Shaffer 21/05/2014 Feminism, Pages, Politics

Unimaginable

Yesterday I got news that a child of an acquaintance of mine had committed suicide. He was 37. […]

Amanda Shaffer 09/05/2014 Mother Issues, Pages

Dad Music

I woke up humming the chorus from a song my Dad used to sing when he was happy […]

Amanda Shaffer 14/03/2014 Pages, Random Stuff

Mom Club

My daughter asked the other day if I thought that being a mom was a big sacrifice because […]

Amanda Shaffer 19/01/2014 Pages

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