by Aubrey Travis Sampson | Oct 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
I lead a bible-study with some amazing young twenty-somethings. They confessed that they feel judged all the time—judged for being unmarried young moms, judged for not graduating college yet, judged for their choices of college and career, judged if they choose...
by Aubrey Travis Sampson | Oct 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’ve had many complaints about my clean mouth lately. Apparently, people like the potty talk. Readers are actually demanding I bring it back. Just so you know—you asked for this:Today, I walked upstairs, innocently (and quite Martha Stewartly, really) to...
by Aubrey Travis Sampson | Oct 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Newsweek recently published an article by Debora Spar, the president of Barnard College, called American Women Have It Wrong. Below is a bullet point summary of the article with some of my favorite quotes. I’d love to hear your comments.”A woman cannot...
by Aubrey Travis Sampson | Oct 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
I invited Leitha to be one of the 50something voices for this series, both because she has a powerful life-story and because I just adore her! Leitha is a single, newly retired, 56-year-old woman. She asked if she could have more than ten pieces of...
by Aubrey Travis Sampson | Oct 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
I spoke at MOPS in West Chicago last week on judgment between moms. Below is a recap of the first part of my talk.In preparation for today, I asked a few women from different walks of life this question: Do you feel judged as a mom? And if so, in what way? And, when...
by Aubrey Travis Sampson | Oct 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Some friends and I were laughing about an article I read recently. It asked if future anthropologists would look at the phenomenon of Facebook and wonder where all the women went. We have adorable pics of our children…rarely any of ourselves.I had a whole post...
