Pen Name Jane is a weekly column on Patch.com written by Chris Sansbury and Katherine Shirer that explores the truths they encounter in their daily lives as mothers. They tell stories that are intimate, yet as Katherine’s ten-year-old says, “epic.” Pen Name Jane: always write from the heart.
Katherine Shirer and Chris Sansbury
My husband likes to think genes are chosen by a war between the X and the Y chromosome. His genes, he says, are dominant, and slaughtered my genes.
Chris Sansbury, columnist for dunedin.patch.com dishes out the truth about arguing with your spouse after you have kids.
Chris Sansbury, columnist for dunedin.patch.com writes a letter to herself 13 years in the future when she is the mother of two teenagers.
Katherine Shirer, Pen Name Jane columnist for Patch.com, shares some thoughts on maternal anger.
Katherine Shirer, columnist for Patch.com, explores the burden of deployment on a military family.