07/23/2025
So yeah, I'm the mean mom.
But I'm also the soft place to land. The boundary and the hug. The rule and the grace. The one who says "no" today so she knows how to say "no" tomorrow - even if her world is quietly breaking behind the scenes.
I'm not raising her to be popular. I'm raising her to be powerful. And I'll keep showing up, even when it's hard, even when she doesn't see it yet, even when I have to do it with swollen eyes and a microwave-warmed up cup of coffee in hand.
Because the hoops are still on. And the love is loud. And this mama is still standing.
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(Apparently) aka the woman who ruins teenage lives by saying “no” Let me set the scene: I’m standing in my kitchen, sipping lukewarm coffee that’s been microwaved twice and still somehow tastes like regret. My 14-year-old daughter is in the other room, moping. Why? Because I committed a crim...
