Real Mom Speaketh the Truth
about "Spawnlings"
Are you tired of the same old syrupy stories about mothers and their children? Real Mom, who affectionately refers to her three small daughters as "spawnlings"—which means "deviant creatures sent here from a yet unknown universe to play with her little world"—offers a refreshing alternative.
As a syndicated columnist/cartoonist, this 43-year-old mother brings a unique perspective on the role of motherhood through hilarious satirical stories and poorly illustrated stick-figure cartoons. Moms around the world are singing her praises, noting that "someone finally had the guts to tell the truth about motherhood" and others experiencing loss of bladder control because they were laughing so hard while reading her tirades.
Real Mom notes, "All the columns are based on factual events...unfortunately."
When questioned as to why she started writing, she replies, "I felt a personal failure because I could not make a cemetery-inspired snack with cut-out sugar cookies in the shape of tombstones, with coconut-colored green for grass, to take to my preschooler's Halloween party." She also details negative results when employing the child care expert's advice and discipline techniques. When pressed for examples, she retells a story of her spawnling's hero worship of the "Bug Man," and of a "Tea" party she attended where the spawnlings served her a very unusual liquid.
And what about the future of Real Mom?
Real Mom started writing the columns and stick-figure cartoons as a form of personal therapy and is now embarking on an outreach mission to share her maternal experiences with the world. One mom wrote her to say, "You make me feel like I'm not a crappy mom." If her stories can "touch" just one mom a day…gee, by the end of a year that would be 365 less "crappy feeling" moms…and the world would definitely be a happier place to live. Real Mom is on the web at RealMom.com.
Denise Rissell, a.k.a. "Real Mom," a 43-year-old mother of three
daughters ages 4, 5 and 6, brings a unique perspective on the role of
motherhood through hilarious satirical stories and stick-figure cartoons.
Denise is the Director of Press Release writing Services for 123
Cyber Register. She is a member of the
Net Wits, an Internet Humor Columnist Group.
Visit her on the web at the Real Mom Club, RealMom.com.
E-mail:mom@realmom.com