Maddie K
Maddie is a fulltime single mom to a biracial and bicultural daughter. When she's not busy surviving her daughter's tween years, you can find her reading. This proud book nerd's other favorites include: coffee, Harry Potter, Spanish, fighting the patriarchy, scuba diving, skincare, tacos, and always advocating for inclusion. Definitely an introvert, she has way too many pets, and no longer allows herself to look at the social media accounts for Stray Rescue or the Humane Society. A former educator, Maddie is now grateful to work from home as an analyst. Maddie is also a childhood AML Leukemia survivor, and has been battling Papillary Thyroid Cancer since she was 19 (without divulging her age, let's just say it's been way too long lol). She's spent most of her entire life in the St. Louis area - some of her favorite things about the city are: STL sports teams, the Zoo, the cat cafés, Novel Neighbor, and Imo's pizza (Provel cheese is still real cheese in her heart)!
Eating Out in STL with my Broke Bestie: Hispanic Heritage Month Edition
My “broke bestie,” aka my tween, and I love trying new foods, and we also love supporting St. Louis immigrant-owned businesses. Hispanic Heritage Month is very important in our house - my daughter is...
A New School Year Challenge for Moms
I’m in a few different local Facebook groups for moms - like I bet most of us are. They’re definitely a great resource, a place where you can go as a mom to ask...
Eating Out in STL with my Broke Bestie
My “broke bestie,” aka my tween, and I love trying new foods, and we also love supporting St. Louis immigrant-owned businesses. Below are three new places we’ve tried out recently that we would definitely...
To the Single Mom This Mother’s Day
I think, as moms, we can all agree that motherhood is the most rewarding (and also the most thankless) job we will ever have. Except in May, right? There’s a glimmer of hope; that...
Drop Everything and Read Day
I have often felt embarrassed to admit the type of books I love to read; my favorite book genre has been a source of embarrassment for far longer than I’d like to admit. The...
Lunchtime in the Girl’s Bathroom
My tween usually goes to bed around 9:30 PM … but last night, we were both up way past our normal bedtimes. I sat on the side of her bed and tried my best...
2024 : The Year I Put Slugs on my Face
Slugs on my face?!? Ok, don’t worry, that’s not really a thing. But have you ever heard of “slugging”? Because that IS actually a thing.
I love to follow different dermatologists on Instagram, and often...
Please Don’t Call My Daughter “Dark”
Recently, I had an interaction with another mom where she told me I was “defensive” of my daughter. She said it as if it were a bad thing.
Is being a protective mom necessarily bad?...
To the Single Mom This Christmas
To the Single Mom this Christmas originally ran in December, 2019.
I was recently scrolling Instagram, and one of my friends had posted a cute picture of her and her two kids in front of...
A Mom Just Trying to Find a Hobby
So the one thing that I’ve really learned during this pandemic is that I don’t have many hobbies. After teaching and “mom-ing," I’m usually too exhausted to even stay awake past 8 PM. Over...