Meet Dr. B
A first-time mom of twin girls at the age of 40! And now, a mother of 4!
My Blog
I began my journey into motherhood at the age of 40. I quickly discovered that starting motherhood later in life was a lonely place. The truth is that I had very little in common with other mothers who had children my girls’ age, and that has not changed over time. It was apparent that mothers in my situation need a place they can find honesty, a place where perfection is not required, a place where you don’t need to feel alone. If you were looking for that place, you have found it!
152: Tree Nut Allergies: Growing up with this Reality!
Welcome, Mamma Crew, to another busy, chaotic, challenging, exciting, and beautiful day of an older mom like you! In the last couple of weeks, I’ve been talking about Emmy’s tree-nut allergy -- the severity and its impact on our family. I haven’t yet described the...
151:Tree Nut Allergies: The Social Implications
Welcome, Mamma Crew! If you remember last week, I told you the story of how we found out that Emmy and Andy had a tree-nut allergy. Of course, Emmy’s tree-nut allergy was far, far more severe than her twin sister’s. It was a life-changing discovery. What we didn’t...
150: Tree Nut Allergies: A Life-Changing Discovery
Welcome, Mamma Crew! Today we’re going to be talking about one of my greatest challenges as a mom. And I think this would be a challenge regardless of how old I was when I became a mom. This is definitely a challenge for any parent who has a child with tree-nut...
149: Is Age just a Number?
Welcome, Mamma Crew! So this week I have been thinking a lot about age and I was remembering the time that I was teaching Sociology of Family and Marriage and my students and I got into a discussion about aging. Of course, they argued that age is just a number and...
148: Too Old Not to be an Empty-nester
Welcome, Mamma Crew! Today is the first day of the new format. Remember, we’re just dropping one episode a week now. So I’ve been thinking a lot about the fact that I’m too old not to be an empty-nester. And this all started because friends asked us out on an evening...
114: The Challenges of being an older Mom, Part 1
Welcome, Mamma Crew! Today is Mamma Thursdays when it's all about us! The mammas! Now I'm going to be perfectly honest with you. My desire to become a mother when I reached that point in my life was so great that I never stopped to think about what it would be like to...
003: Adding to the Family
Bug, Emmi, Andy, Dora, Mom, & Dad Welcome, Momma Crew! I had an unexpected surprise last year at the beginning of the summer. I was asked to become my niece and my nephew's legal guardian. This meant adding two kiddos to our family of four. After careful...
147: Father’s Day
Welcome, Mamma Crew! Today is Kiddos Tuesdays when I discuss issues related to the kids. So this was a particularly interesting Father’s Day. I mean, it wasn’t unusual in that the kids, per usual, thought ahead, wanted to make sure that their Daddy had gifts....
146: A Woman of Color Living in a White Woman’s World
Welcome, Mamma Crew! Today is Mamma Thursdays when it’s all about us! The mammas! Except when it’s not all about us and it’s also about our children, which is most of the time and today it’s about my daughter (who shares the color of my skin), who asked me...
