Brookfield Mom Copes With Teen Years Through Humor Blog

Brookfield mom, writer and funny lady Mo Morin writes about life, teens and how she copes on her blog Momfeld.com. Morin’s teen daughter is active in Irish dance and was recently involved in a serious accident in New York City. Her daughter is okay, but she says how the accident put her life in perspective and maybe threw her “off her game” for a bit as far as her writing goes. But now she’s back.

In a recent blog post she writes:

We moms talk about guilt. Every single mother I know suffers or has suffered from it. In one form or another. Whether they had a single episode or have experienced chronic guilt. It happens to us all. It’s pretty much an epidemic. I mean, seriously. Every time a bout of it flares up, we should be quarantined.

I have the habit of labeling my forehead with a big “L” as in LOSER with my forefinger and thumb. Like I’m twelve or stuck in 1985 or something. “I’m such a loser mom. I’m totally getting Mother of the Year.” I mean, how many of these damn awards are there? How can we ALL be recipients of the most prestigious award known to mothers? Apparently, it’s possible.

Mother guilt causes sleepless nights, crying jags, severe regret. We take away their phones, tell them they can’t go to a party they’ve been dying to go to, ground them for a month, take the car away, send them to their rooms without supper, put their favorite doll up on a shelf. All because they broke a rule.

But they broke the rule. Not us. So, why do we have to suffer? Why do we feel bad?

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Patch recently spoke with Morin. Here’ s our interview.

Patch: How did you get into blogging/writing?

Morin: I’ve wanted to write since I was a young woman, but never knew how to start. Then by chance I met a local woman who had a blog. She actually inspired me to get my lazy butt moving. I started my blog on January 1, 2013 because of a New Year’s Resolution I made for myself and I fell in love with writing. It’s probably one of the only resolutions I ever kept. Now, I can’t get enough of it. Writing, that is.

Patch: What do you hope to accomplish with it?

Morin: I mostly write humor posts because I’ve always enjoyed making people laugh. So it started out with wanting to do just that and I still love to write to put a smile on someone’s face. But over the last year and a half it has become my place to pour my thoughts, heart and unsolicited opinions about pretty much everything. Also, being a mother and talking about things that are relatable to other mothers is totally rewarding. Now if I go viral, then that’s an added bonus. I have to say, I wouldn’t mind that at all.

Patch: How does your family feel about it?

Morin: My husband has been very supportive from the beginning, although he sometimes does cringe a little here and there. When I ask my 16-year-old daughter how she feels about it, she says, “I don’t know,” which, to me, means that she respects that I’m doing something that I love and sees me as the perfect role model. It’s a win/win.

Blog site: www.momfeld.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Momfeldcom

Twitter: https://twitter.com/momfeld

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