Tag: motherhood

The Struggle That Is Parenting Threenagers

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It usually starts like this. A relatively calm, happy evening. My three-year-old son and I discuss our days: what we did, how we missed...

We Are Officially Outnumbered: The Silver Lining as a Mom of...

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I always knew, deep in my heart, that I wanted three children, but we were in no rush to make that decision. However, destiny...

Patience: The Double Standard of Parenting

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Several times a day I want to scream at the very top of my lungs for my son to please just BE PATIENT. At...

My Phrase for 2016: “Make It Count”

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"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." —Annie Dillard The baby had gone down with relative ease; I'd just...

10 Things I Learned as a New Stay-at-Home Mom

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My January of 2015 started out with a bang. Three months into my new job as an Investment Reporting Manager, I was called into...

Five Things to Know Before Dating a Single Mom

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 It takes a strong and patient person to take on a mama and her child(ren). From my own personal experience, I have compiled a...

Parenting Now and How I Hope My Son Remembers Me

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My son is soon to be three years old. Where has the time gone? The days of his little rolly polly baby body are...

Unfollow, Unfriend, Block: The People I’m Letting Go This Year

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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...

Marriage, Kids, and Keeping the Flame Alive Through Travel

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Recently, my husband and I returned home from our first solo vacation since having our son 14 months ago. We spent 10 days exploring...

To the Single Mom: You Are Enough

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When the realization hit that I was going to be a single mom, I quickly feared my son's life would somehow fall short of...

Mom’s New Year’s Resolution: Just Say “No”

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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...

Teaching Our Children About Kindness

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I love our neighborhood.  The families are friendly and the yards are always full of children playing football, jumping on the trampoline or running...

My Tried and True Parenting Motto

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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...

What Moms Know Will Actually Happen This Christmas

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The holidays are coming – time for joy, time for cheer, jingle bells and pretty lights and cookies and presents and… Bah Humbug! Ok,...