Author Archives: mad momma moogacat

About mad momma moogacat

I am a 40-year old mother, wife, lawyer and pop culture fiend who is looking for some beauty and meaning in life. I write about parenting, adoption, mental health, work-life balance, and pop culture. Hope you enjoy!

Lean In? No thanks. “Leaning Sideways” and rethinking priorities worked for me.

Posted on April 10, 2014

What does it mean to have a successful career?  A successful life? I’ve been thinking about these questions of late, prompted in part by Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In movement, and partly by my inclusion as a mentor in our local … Continue reading →

Posted in Marriage, Mommyhood, Work, Work-Life Balance (Ha!) | 2 Comments

Critical Whiteness

Posted on January 31, 2014

I haven’t feeling very bloggy lately, but a couple of issues have popped up as of late to jar me out of my writing slumber.  One of those issues is the concept of “whiteness.” I know what you’re thinking.  This … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Pop Culture | 3 Comments

The automatic defensive response by some adoptive parents when bad adoption stories hit the news…

Posted on September 10, 2013

Originally posted on The adopted ones blog:
By TAO Just a short post to speak to the automatic defensive response I have read by some adoptive parents regarding the Reuters/NBC series on “Rehoming”.  Why don’t they include stories about all the…

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Silent No More

Posted on September 5, 2013

I’ve been contemplating getting back in the blogging spirit, and had a couple of different blogposts in mind for doing that.  Those will have to wait, though, because something that came across my internet connection yesterday was begging for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Adoption, Politics | 7 Comments

Medical History Should Be a Human Right

Posted on April 29, 2013

The thoughts in this post will be nothing new to all the adoptees out there, but dang it, I thought I’d throw my two cents in as a parent to a child with no medical history. Access to your family’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Adoption | 6 Comments

A Month of Firsts

Posted on April 23, 2013

Bug has had a big April, one with a lot of firsts for her! G and I are both baseball lovers, but we’ve been lax in passing that on to Bug.  We got an opportunity to remedy that parental failing … Continue reading →

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Spring!

Posted on March 15, 2013

We are so, so ready for spring around here.  Daylight savings time started on Sunday, and if you follow me on Twitter you know my whining started at least two weeks before.  Now that we are at the end of … Continue reading →

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Boo You! Legal Edition — Crowell & Moring and their allegations of inbreeding in Appalachia

Posted on March 7, 2013

I don’t blog much about things related to my work life, but I read something on a legal blog that heartily deserved a Boo You! and I couldn’t resist. In the not-too-distant past, that being June 2011, researchers affiliated with … Continue reading →

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A Month in the Life

Posted on February 28, 2013

I’m feeling bloggy but I’ve been pretty heavy lately, so I thought I’d do a little lighter post about what’s been going on in Mooga-land. Life on the professional front is going swimmingly.  I went back up to 30 hours … Continue reading →

Posted in Mommyhood, Work, Work-Life Balance (Ha!) | 2 Comments

RAD and Normalcy: Is RAD Actually the Normal Response for an Adoptee?

Posted on February 24, 2013

Disclaimer:  This is certainly not a new topic.  I don’t want to pretend that this post represents any kind of brainstorm on my part– this topic has been bandied about for a long time in adoptee circles, and has a … Continue reading →

Posted in Adoption | 37 Comments