Shortly after Christmas, my parents divorced. From there on, Christmas was split between my house and wherever my dad would land.

What I didn't know? That unexplained shame surrounding menstruation would follow me throughout life. I still hide a tampon up my sleeve or whisper to a friend if I’m in need of supplies, worried someone may overhear.

"You lose your breast, you lose everything that makes you female... and it's hard." This is Ellen's powerful story during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

We've either done it, are doing it, or wondering when we might do it again? Sex seems ubiquitous in relationships and marriages, but is it? Today, we're chatting sex and marriage- how much is enough? 

Should schools reopen and how? We wanted to know the teacher’s experience with reopening schools. What is it like when you are suddenly the new frontline hero?

Some days though, it feels like I’m never where I should be. This is my life as a working mom. But I know one important thing: I am enough.

The holiday season can be overwhelming and it seems like each year, it comes earlier and earlier. So IS there such thing as the joy of missing out? CityMom Morgan says yes.

There are people completely against even mentioning the "C" word any earlier than after Thanksgiving. But not us: We celebrate Christmas in November.

As a kid I assumed my birth mom was probably a princess locked up in a tower and therefore unable to raise me. I'm adopted and this is my story.

My mental health struggles were my personal business. Now I'm celebrating them. This is the anniversary of my mental health and I want you to know this:

"I've never lived anywhere outside of Indiana before now." writes CityMom Abby. "Saying farewell to Indy is officially my hardest goodbye."

Why do healthy women with good hearts and souls, a lot of love to give and a yearning for motherhood get pregnant only to have the baby taken away?

At theCityMoms, our members and Events team host up to 15 different events every single week {dramatic pause while that sinks in}. Here are our best hostess how to tips:

There’s nothing wrong with scrolling Pinterest or watching HBO - but there are personal and professional benefits to having a hobby. Girl, get one!

"Even as I look back on how we got here, I’m still in shock on how it all seems like it happened overnight." says CityMom D. "My daughter has an eating disorder. And I feel like it's my fault."

The chaos of motherhood is like this, isn’t it? We begin with the best intentions but learn that for our sanity, sometimes something has got to give. #TheConfessional #MomLife

My father-in-law is dying. My father-in-law with the kindest eyes and the incredible memory cataloging all of life's moments. My husband's dad. My kids' Opa.

So much of my identity now is being a mom to my son... but as the quote reads “You were someone before you were their mom. And that person MATTERS."

I will teach my boys to be strong. But I'll also know that it's okay to cry mom. #Confessional

I walked out of the bathroom that evening, pregnancy test in hand. Everything seemed to be falling into place for us... Fast forward 4 weeks, the baby was gone.