Christine Organ

Dec 6, 2024 | yahoo.com | Christine Organ

The holiday season is upon us, and you know what that means. Christmas songs and holiday baking shows. Scrambling to find gifts your t(w)eens will love … without breaking the bank. And teens and tweens moaning and groaning anytime they are asked to participate in family holiday festivities. I have teens, so believe me, I understand. The struggle is real. Fortunately, movies can provide some common ground for shared holiday activities.

Oct 5, 2024 | yahoo.com | Christine Organ

fizkes/Shutterstock“You’re only as happy as your least happy child.” I was probably a child myself the first time I heard this statement. Over the past several decades, I’ve continued to hear it. When a friend’s child is struggling through the tween years. When an aunt talks about her grown child. When I think of my own challenges and happinesses. But I can’t help but wonder: Is it really true that we as parents, as moms, are only as happy as our least happy child?

Oct 5, 2024 | yahoo.com | Christine Organ

I missed my son’s baseball game today. It wasn’t the first time it has happened, nor will it be the last. Sometimes I’ve missed a game because my other child has an activity at the same time so my husband and I divide and conquer. Other times it’s because of a work commitment or a volunteer meeting. And sometimes it’s because I have dinner plans with friends. I don’t like missing games and school activities. I want to be there for everything, but it just isn’t possible.

Sep 27, 2024 | yahoo.com | Christine Organ

A handful of years ago, when I turned 40, I remembered feeling a bit lost and confused. For most of my life, I had been told that your 40s were something to dread. That it was all downhill from here. That now you were officially “old.” But as I moved through my 30s and inched closer to that milestone birthday, I started hearing a different message. Now people were telling me just how amazing your 40s are.

Sep 22, 2024 | ca.style.yahoo.com | Christine Organ

Gorloff-KV/ShutterstockThe “hot mess mom” trend started a few years ago as a way to reclaim the messiness that is inherently part of being a mom. A way to distinguish oneself from the Pinterest-perfect moms, the carefully curated and heavily filtered Instagram pages. A way to clapback at portrayals of motherhood as some combination of June Cleaver, Claire Huxtable and Joanna Gaines. For years, moms proudly proclaimed their status as a hot mess mom. With t-shirts and candles. Viral TikToks.