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For as long as I can remember I've scribbled in a notebook
and called myself a writer.


October 20, 2014

It's been five years

October 20, 2014/ Jennifer Savage
It's been five years

A few mornings a month I wake to a familiar throbbing at the base of my skull. I toss and turn, sometimes writhe, until I peel back the covers and go in search of ibuprofen.

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October 06, 2014

Someone's mother

October 06, 2014/ Jennifer Savage

I work at a university. For my day job, that is. So I spend lots of time around undergraduates. When I first started working on campus I commented to my boss that that day must have been the day of tours for middle school students. “They’re everywhere,” I said.

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September 29, 2014

I wish you weren't my sister

September 29, 2014/ Jennifer Savage
I wish you weren't my sister

“You have been bad children today.”

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August 18, 2014

In search of other half halfs

August 18, 2014/ Jennifer Savage
In search of other half halfs

I am a little nervous. I’ve asked Eliza several times and she has said yes, without hesitation, every time. But still, I’m nervous. No one in our family knows what to expect but, as of last week, we are all expected.

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August 11, 2014

Week off

August 11, 2014/ Jennifer Savage
Week off

Last summer we embarked on grandparent camp for the first time.

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August 04, 2014

The things no one tells you

August 04, 2014/ Jennifer Savage
The things no one tells you

And on the list of Things No One Tells You About Parenthood, worms should fall just under lice and just before warts.

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Jennifer Savage

First person :: Essays from real life

savagemama :: stories on motherhood

To understand my new mothering gig, I needed to write about it. Savagemama was born. A blog now spanning seven years, savagemama captures stories about my tiny daughters, my love of the IRS 1040, growing up Southern and occasionally posing in my underwear among other things. 

282 :: four people, 282 square feet, one year

In an effort to try and escape the middle-class debt trap, my family and I are embarking on an experiment to live rent-free for one year in a one-room, 282 square feet used-to-be-garage. My husband is going back to graduate school and we hope to avoid crushing student debt by living light and small.