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As I walked in the door, I was immediately enveloped by the energy and enthusiasm...
Okay, I know, I'm pretty sure the last three posts I've written have been about either things that annoy me, things I refuse to do anymore, or some other whiny things.
But as 2016 begins, I just want one last...
I am going to warn you now that this is not a “feel-good”, happy Mom post. This is about a very difficult side of parenting that we often try not to think about. My children (my oldest daughter especially) have...
How much do you know about juicing? Chances are you've heard of it, but maybe you don't understand all the buzz surrounding it or what it's actual purpose is. At its most basic, juicing is when you extract the juice out...
A couple year's ago, I made a New Year's resolution to be more reliable. I had been finding myself in the awkward position of having to be in two places at once and having to cancel on things last-minute. I...
I'm a big fan of mottos and quotes. For example, my personal happiness motto comes from one of my favorite writers, Kelly Corrigan, who often talks about her three-part formula for happiness: "Make yourself useful doing something hard with...
When I showed my four year old this photo of me and my mom, I asked him who the baby was. His response, albeit cute, sent shockwaves up my spine. He thought the baby was him. Before I could...
"My family comes first." It's the mantra of mommies all around the world. When we stop to think about our families and their needs though, more often than not us moms don't include ourselves in the picture. Why? Are...
A close friend gave birth to her son in late April, just three weeks after I had my daughter. When our families got together a couple months later, her husband, fresh from the shell-shocked haze of new parenthood just like we...
During my first pregnancy, my husband and I signed up for a generalized childbirth class that our hospital offered. It took place over the course of a few weeks and gave us the ins and outs of what to...
Thank you for already knowing that we followed our son's original surgeons post-op orders to a tee, and then some. Thank you for knowing that his little blood covered body came from nowhere other than a hemorrhaging surgery site,...
I need to begin by saying no, I don't think my child is perfect. He's four years old and he has good days and bad days and even awful days. This post isn't about his behavior, but I'm certainly...
When my husband, Jeff, and I picked up our brand new Miniature Schnauzer puppy on a snowy day in 2006, we learned her breeders had given her a rather unique nickname. "Persnickety is an interesting little lady. You guys are...
"My child has a food allergy." A phrase no parent wants to say. My son is almost 3 but I already dread the day when we have to walk into a school or send him to a party unaccompanied...
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