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Good Parenting Advice: How To Stop Yelling at Your Kids
Remember a few weeks back when I told you about when my lovely four year old daughters decided that ripping the paint off of the walls in their bedroom sounded like a good idea? I am probably lucky...
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Because Sometimes Good Enough Is Really Good Enough
I think we all have those friends. Those friends who always look impeccably put together, their kids never seem to get their clothes dirty or their hair mussed, their cars are always washed, and their...
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I Can’t Find The Words…
Words to memorize, words hypnotize Words make my mouth exercise -the Violent Femmes I love words. I love to read them and to write them. Jason will also tell you I like to speak them (I’m a talker!)...
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I Don’t Do Blood
As a mom, there are a lot of things that you normally wouldn’t touch, but do so without thought. I’ve picked boogers picked out of tiny nose holes. I’ve gotten poop on my hands while changing diapers...
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Mia’s Sixteen Cents: The Parenting Lesson My Daughter Taught Me
Over the weekend, I had to do the family grocery shopping for the upcoming week. Since Jason was home, I was looking forward to leaving the kids with him and grocery shopping by myself. But at the...
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Real Moms: You Can’t Be Perfect Everyday, But You ARE A Good Mom
Last year while I was writing at Chiquita Moms, I wrote about how some days I feel like a bad mom. It came about after I wrote here titled I AM SO TIRED OF YELLING, which of course led to my post about...
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Lost
I thought we lost Ethan once. When he was almost two. He was there and then he wasn’t. And as horrible, as heart wrenching, as sick as that feeling makes me feel, I still feel it every single time I...
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Lila’s Lesson: How To Apologize The Right Way
Remember a few months back when Mia taught me a lesson about slowing down and being present? About looking at her not just as a child, but as an individual? This past week, Lila taught me another life...
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A Love Note To Ethan
It was a simple thing really. The girls had noticed their friends were getting little notes from their moms in their lunch boxes, and asked me to send them an I Love You note. And of course I did. But...
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The Last Time
The last time I get to meet our baby for the first time. The last first smile. First hiccup. First poop. It’s all cute when it’s the first time. The last first rolling over. Sitting up. Standing....
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Mommy Guilt
“Mommy you’re always on the computer” “Mommy you said you would play a game with me” “Mom you said 5 minutes 10 minutes ago” “Mommy don’t look at your phone” “Mommy all you want to do is read your...
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Wishing For Just One More Afternoon At The Park
This morning, after dropping the girls off at kindergarten, I was driving to the grocery store and passed the park. The park where each of my babies sat in a swing for the first time. The park that has...
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