Morgan Starr is a mother, wife, teacher, and writer. On most days, she can be found in her high school English classroom, encouraging her students to find their voices in their own writing, as well as finding inspiration for her writing from them. When not in the classroom, she spends her days with her children, with whom she hopes to help foster a love of reading and writing as well, but typically, she ends up serving as referee instead.

As the mother of three boys, all ages three and under, she has found writing to be a way to reflect on her own journey as a parent, to connect with those who have shared similar experiences, to encourage other mothers, and most importantly, to laugh and find a bright spot in the everyday situations that would otherwise drive a person crazy (like when she’s trying to break up a fight between the older two boys while still protecting the baby from them..).

Her work has been published on Scary Mommy, Mamalode, and a number of other websites, including her own blog, www.RookieMommyRaisingBoys.com. Topics of focus range from weight loss after pregnancy to humorous stories about her own kids to the tragedy of miscarriage, as well as many other topics. Her mission is to let other parents know that they’re not alone on this wild ride that we call parenthood, and if just one person is encouraged by her words, that’s enough.

• Mama Lovejoy Top 8 Articles From 2016 Ahh 2016… Mama Lovejoy had tears and laughs, sentimental moments and hot mess moments.  Similarly, my family started off the year on a sad (but hopeful) note, announcing our second miscarriage… then we ended on a terrific note with the arrival of our rainbow baby.  Thanks for being a part of the Mama Lovejoy journey ...
• 9 Ways Being a Teacher Prepares You for Parenthood By Morgan Starr from Rookie Mommy Raising Boys Teaching is actually a lot like parenting. When I was about to bring my firstborn son into the world, I felt totally unprepared, but what I didn’t realize is that teaching high schoolers would prepare me for being a parent more than I knew.   Reasons why: You’ve already perfected the ...
• I’m Never Doing This Again   By Morgan Starr from Rookie Mommy Raising Boys   “I’m never doing this again. Not a chance,” I mumbled to myself as I shuffled out of the bathroom post-morning sickness at about seven weeks pregnant. I still had a long road ahead until the light at the end of the tunnel, and I repeated that phrase more times ...
• The Day I Succumbed to the Mom Jeans By Morgan Starr from Rookie Mommy Raising Boys Mom jeans: I’m sure you’ve seen them around… you know, being worn by moms. Sometimes they’re disguised under long sweaters, and they can come in many different forms, but most mom jeans have this one thing in common: they rise up to your belly button to hold in ...
• Mothers Wear the Mask Why should the world be over-wise,     In counting all our tears and sighs?     Nay, let them only see us, while             We wear the mask. -From Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask” By Morgan Starr from Rookie Mommy Raising Boys Last week, I implemented a new daily ...
• I Have Nothing to Show for it at the End of the Day By Morgan Starr from Rookie Mommy Raising Boys If you were to walk into my house at the end of the day–at the end of the long, long day–you might find the scene to be unsettling, messy, cluttered, chaotic. You might even go so far as to be appalled. There are typically dishes in the sink ...
• Being a Mother is Being There By Morgan Starr from Rookie Mommy Raising Boys   When I think of my own mother, countless memories flood my mind. Vacations; fun activities; and things we did together during my childhood, my teenage years, and my adult life. But for some strange reason, the very first memory that always pops into my head when someone brings ...
• Dear Hot Mess Mom By Morgan Starr from Rookie Mommy Raising Boys   I run into you everywhere I go. I see you digging through your diaper bag, looking for your wallet at the grocery store checkout counter as a toddler tries to climb out of your cart. I notice you frantically chasing after one of your kids as he rushes ...
• When Parenting Becomes Work By Morgan Starr from Rookie Mommy Raising Boys I hate when parenting becomes work. I mean, it is a job: A really, really hard one. With the bath times, bed times, chauffeuring, extra house work, potty training, disciplining, and battles with kids, parenting can be grueling, exhausting, and thankless. But what I hate is when I allow ...
• Let Them Be Little   By Morgan Starr from Rookie Mommy Raising Boys     My 3-year-old didn’t want to go to sleep last night. We read a story, he begged for another one, he had a drink, he went to the bathroom, he had another drink, we talked about where he would go the next day while I was at work, and ...