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Featured Writing

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On Huffington Post:

The Identity Crisis Of Motherhood

10 Things Every Parent is Doing Right 

All posts on the Huffington Post

My Interview with the Wall Street Journal:

How to Find a Best Friend

I was interviewed because of my blog post, Why I Don’t Want My Daughter to Have a Best Friend.

On Scary Mommy & Club Mid:

The Five Stages of Crazy When Kids Are Up Late
Things You’d Find If MY Phone Got Hacked

20 Reasons My Two Year Old Had a Hard Day

All posts on ScaryMommy/Club Mid

On Mamalode:

Be Brave

Saying It Out Loud

Today.Com’s Funniest Parents on Facebook:

Week of Feb. 27, 2015

Week of July 17, 2015

Week of Sept. 25, 2015

Week of Oct. 2, 2015

Week of Nov. 27, 2015

Week of Jan. 15, 2016

Week of Jan. 21, 2016

Week of Feb. 2, 2016

Week of Feb. 19, 2016

Week of Feb. 26, 2016

Week of Mar. 24, 2016

Huffington Post’s Funniest Tweets of the Week:

Week of Feb. 2 2016

Week of Jan. 29, 2016

Week of Feb. 19, 2016

Week of Feb. 26, 2016

Scary Mommy’s Funniest Tweets:

Joys of Marriage Post-Kids

Sick Days with Kids

Babble’s Funniest Parenting Tweets:

Babble’s Funniest Parenting Tweets

Week of Feb. 19, 2016

Week of March 4, 2016

KVeller:

Funniest Parents on Twitter

On Blogher:

5 Reasons I’ll Never Be a Food Blogger

If Playgroups Could Talk

Bad Moms Might Just Inspire Us

Am I the Only Mom who Wishes for a Best Friend?

We are Not Our Mothers, and Our Daughters are Not Us

What Does Bravery Look Like When You’re a Mom?

On WordPress.com (Freshly Pressed):

Racing

Which was later republished on Family Share’s website.

On TipsyLit:

I Write to Stop Time

Mormon Mommy Blogs:

A Blessing at Midnight

Power in Silence

But I Didn’t Hear You

It is Enough

Families.Com Paid Writer:

Archives for Meredith Ethington

FamilyTree.Com Paid Writer:

Archives for Meredith Ethington

Some Personal Favorites and Popular Posts:

  • Moms Vs. Kids: My Voice Might Be Inaudible
  • For Me, There is No Mommy War
  • Top 20 Reasons To Put Your Kid to Bed Earlier, Because You Earned It.
  • 5 Things Empty Nesters Should Say to Parents of Little Kids
  • The Secret To Being Happy as a Mom
  • The Stages of Motherhood, and Why All Moms Have to Grow Up Too
  • Five Things That Make My Blog Awesome. And, by “Awesome”, I Mean Boring
  • Superwoman
  • Chevron Peer Pressure: Don’t Give In.
  • How to Act Like a Crazy Person, or in Other Words, A Kid
  • This Space Color Me Happy (My one and only DIY reveal)
  • The Playroom, Don’t Worry, My Six-Year Old is Babysitting
  • Organization. It’s All About the Multi-Colored Baskets, Truly
  • Invisible Lines for Now
  • Showing up and Being Seen
  • It Will Make You Laugh, It Will Make You Cry… 
  • What Does Bravery Look Like When You’re a Mom?
  • I’m Not Just Raising Little Boys. I’m Trying to Raise Good Men. 
  • Why I Don’t Want My Daughter to Have a Best Friend
  • Mom U. The Classes I Would Offer If I Owned A University

For excerpts of some of my featured work, click here.

 


Welcome! I’m Meredith.

Mom. Writer. Diet Coke connoisseur. Born and raised Texan. Lover of real talk and laughter with a hint of sarcasm mixed in.

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