We've gotten the village all wrong
A village remembers who you are while you're busy becoming someone else's mother
What, Like It's Hard?
I'm Courtney, a former national news producer raising 3 girls in NYC. I write essays about motherhood, attention, technology, & the quiet cultural shifts I'm noticing. The internet changed how we live & I can't stop thinking about what happens next.
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I wasn’t comparing myself to one mother. I was comparing myself to every single one of them.
How the internet convinced me I should live every season at once
The week I realized my brother had grown up without me
We think phones steal moments. I think they quietly freeze the people we love in time.
The overlooked art of becoming the kooky grandma
Or, how to be so busy living you leave fingerprints all over the people you love
The most important thing my mom ever did took 5 minutes a year
And she had no idea she was doing it
The internet had me convinced there was something wrong with me
On wellness culture, cortisol, and what moms actually need
I've wondered for years what phones were replacing. I finally figured it out.
What do our kids lose when we can't look up?
Everything I’m doing to have a 90’s mom Fourth of July
Because some weekends are worth blowing up schedules for
The opt out edit
Things I’m opting out of this summer to save my sanity as a mom of 3 little kids
The moms who make it look easy aren't different than you
The ability to calmly take kids places isn't a personality trait. It's a muscle.