My Sunday “To Be” List
by KRISTIN HENSLEY and JEN SMEDLEY
We want “to be” the friend you need.
We want “to be” fearless, honest, open, relentlessly kind, and pee-your-pants funny when you need it.
We want “to be” good moms. (No “great mom” ever thinks she is.)
We want “to be” aware.
We want “to be” the kind of women who aren’t afraid to make an impression. Or a commotion. Or a casserole.
#IMOMSOHARD began as a popular web-series by real life best friends, comedians, and moms Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley. With a camera, two husbands, a babysitter, and bottomless mimosas, Kristin and Jen decided to let it all out (literally) about their fears and failures and prove that the only way to survive motherhood and womanhood is through laughter and friendship. In their first video, Jen forgot her newborn daughter’s name and Kristin laugh-peed through her pants. The video was a smash hit, so the ladies followed up with videos about hemorrhoids, nipple hair, sex after marriage, mom bods, spanks, wedding dresses, and swimsuits. (Yes, they wore them on camera). The videos have received over 300 million views worldwide, and the series has since been nabbed for development by Warner Brothers TV and went to pilot at CBS. The comedians have sold-out two national stand-up comedy tours, written a New York Times Best Selling book, and have landed branded deals with Fortune 100 companies such as Wal-Mart and Uni-Lever, and taped a standup comedy special for Amazon, launching the network’s first standup comedy platform. They have recently premiered their weekly podcast and a children’s book series with Harper Collins. Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley are both based in Los Angeles and can often be found selling pizza slices for the PTA or working as parking enforcement at school drop off.
