Karen Szabo
Karen Szabo is a part-time worker by day, boy-mom by night, and blogger at www.theantsybutterfly.com any time in between. She’s doing her best to keep her sanity by writing about life as an anxious mom. She’s a contributor for The Mighty and has written for some of her favourite sites such as Mom Cave TV, Sunshine Spoils Milk, Sammiches & Psych Meds, and Scary Mommy. Karen can be found on Twitter @AntsyButterfly, Instagram, and Facebook where she shares her truths about the best and hardest job in the world: Parenting.
I’m Hearing Impaired And Sometimes It Crushes Me As A Mother
“What?” “Pardon?” “What was that?”
Ever get irritated with hearing variations of "what?" eleventy billion times a day? I know I get irritated with responding...
I Don’t Have To Like My Kid All The Time
As a parent to one high-strung, strong-willed, and free-spirited 4-year-old boy, I experience days where I do not like the small person sitting beside me...
No One Really Likes To Talk About the Rage That Comes From Anxiety
It's taken me nearly a week to settle from the whirlwind of emotions that occurred in my house last week. It weighed heavily on...
I’m Paying the Price Of Overeating This Winter, but Here’s Why I Won’t Do...
It’s getting close to spring and everyone is racing to lose those extra 5, 10, 15 pounds they consumed over the cold winter months....
Here’s Why I Need Two and a Half Hours Alone Before Bed To Feel...
Two and a half hours.
That’s the magic number.
Two and a half hours.
That is the amount of time I need to myself, or even split...
Depression Doesn’t Want Me To Feel Good Or Worthy. But, I Fought Hard Today.
I forced myself to get dressed and go down to the waiting treadmill in the basement.
But I didn't want to, no.
I wanted to bask...
If I’m Being Honest, The Thought Of Homeschooling Again Is Breaking Me
Uncertainty fills me with anxiety and panic, and I reached my threshold of how much I can take on before the dam broke and...
Four WTF Realities Of Becoming A Work At Home Parent
It’s a been two months and we’ve reached the acceptance stage of quarantine life, mostly since there’s no end-date in sight. For the time being,...
To My Family, From an Anxious Mom
To my husband from your anxious wife,
I’m sorry I can’t be the partner you need me to be, or at least the partner I...