CHIEF MOMS
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CHIEF MOMS

THE ARCHIVE

This is where we just listen.

A shared journal for motherhood.

39 stories and counting

One mother shares a story she's been carrying. Then she passes it to the next. That's how this archive was built — not by algorithms, but by women tapping other women on the shoulder and saying: your turn.

What you're reading here often starts as a voice memo, a late-night thought, a moment too real to keep inside.

Editor's Note

I read every story that comes in. I process it. I sit with it. A sitting they deserve.

Some contributors ask for editing support. When they do, I gently shape the structure and flow. Never the heart. Never the experience. I always send it back for approval before publishing. Others want their story published as submitted, and that's equally honored.

Either way, what you're reading is hers. Her words. Her story.

My job is to listen. To make sure the depth of what she's saying lands with the depth it deserves.

Thank you for holding our stories.

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The Wise Counsel of My Gut

Learning to trust the one voice I could no longer ignore.

BrookeJune 23, 2026
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Boothbay Lullaby

The eulogy I wrote and delivered that day

Anne BJune 21, 2026
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We Would Be Fine

We Didn't Know It At First

DawnJune 5, 2026
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After Homeschool

Who am I if I'm no longer a homeschooling mom?

LeightonJune 2, 2026
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The Summer I Put Down My Phone

Or attempted to, at least

Anne BMay 30, 2026
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Just June

A month to shed

Anne BMay 29, 2026
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We Left

On trading breakfast in bed for the women who get it

L.K.May 8, 2026
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We Followed the Manual

Nobody warned us what came next

Anne BMay 1, 2026
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The Morning Reminder

How Far I've Come

Jen CApril 30, 2026
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A House Full of Boys

And the women who brought me back

Nehal HApril 27, 2026
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A Surprise

When the thing you never planned becomes the one you can't live without.

HollyApril 26, 2026
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What Chief Moms Is

And what it isn't

Anne BApril 24, 2026
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When Two Identities Converge

With an officer present

Mom 2April 23, 2026
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I Lost My Shit Over a Stuffy

And the missing "thank you."

Dhara MistryApril 21, 2026
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The Words I Never Wrote

I grieve a memory I didn't know I was losing

LeightonApril 19, 2026
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The Latch

Nipple Butter, then the pump that was demanded of me

Anne BApril 17, 2026
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Before I Was Theirs

On giving so completely, you start to wonder who you are.

ShannonApril 16, 2026
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90's Style Experiment

On what happens when everyone lives the same five and a half hours

L.K.April 15, 2026
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The Cup

On sweat, self, and showing up

DanielleApril 14, 2026
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The Cold Room

When you come home changed — and everything familiar feels foreign

Ariahna WolinApril 11, 2026
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The Wrong Clock

Her rhythm. The hands that were never built for her.

Anne BApril 10, 2026
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Someone is Missing

On holiday, your kids are supposed to be there. That's just how it works.

JoyApril 10, 2026
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Drowning is Silent

At least to the outside world

Melissa CApril 10, 2026
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Ele não nasceu de mim. Mas nasceu para mim.

He wasn't born from me. But he was born for me.

Jacqueline LesnioviesApril 9, 2026
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I Thought I Could Do It All

I'm realizing I'm not the only one

VickyApril 7, 2026
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The Third I Didn't See Coming

But somehow, everyone else did.

Melissa CApril 6, 2026
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Restoration & Resurrection

How a woman rebuilds a body, a home, and a life.

Anne BApril 4, 2026
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The Diagnosis

Everyone was focused on my son's diagnosis. No one saw mine.

Anne BApril 3, 2026
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The Morning That Ate My Morning

The Invisible Load Nobody Told Us Would Feel Like This

ElisaApril 2, 2026
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In Tandem

On doing something that’s yours, alongside them

L.K.March 31, 2026
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Seven

It feels like both a second and a lifetime since I first held you

Kelly BessetteMarch 30, 2026
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I Always Thought I’d Have a Girl

And somehow, this life with four boys became everything

JoyMarch 29, 2026
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Don’t Stand Up.

A 20-week scan. A life-flight. A 90% chance of loss.

Margi HoffmannMarch 28, 2026
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A Stranger to Myself

The disorientation of no longer recognizing yourself

CarolineMarch 27, 2026
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Welcome to this beautiful, wild life

You healthy, snoozy, milk-drunk boy

Whitney EveMarch 26, 2026
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I Think There's Something Wrong With Me

When motherhood doesn't feel as you expected

AnonymousMarch 23, 2026
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Before I Was Ready to Know

It took time to want to understand it

Anne BMarch 22, 2026
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14 Days

Everything that was missed—revealed too late

Anne BMarch 19, 2026
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Black Friday

When what ships isn't what you ordered

Anne BMarch 12, 2026
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