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Today, my daughter and I wrote a story. So did my son and I. Let’s start with what prompted this: Last night, my daughter said something that hurt a bit. She said that she needs more attention and that I am always saying “one second” or “in a minute”. I sat there on the floor…
Just kidding. Beer is not my why! In truth, it’s usually my “why not!?” But really, the title and image together intrigued you, didn’t it? A little clickbaity maybe, but that was not my whole intention. The truth is that I couldn’t find a picture of all my offspring where at least one of their…
Over the past few weeks, quite a few parenting articles have been making the rounds. What’s the topic that has everyone conversing? The notion that we only have a limited number of summers with our children and that we must make the most of them. On the other side of the fence, you’ve got those…
Today I canceled two appointments for later this week, and I feel bad about it. I’m someone who makes a commitment and sticks to it. That’s what responsible people do, right? I used to think so, but as I’ve aged and parented these last seven years, I’ve come to realize that being responsible means more than…
I get that people are pissed about the political climate we are living in. I get that education needs reform, and that gun safety (rightfully so) is of paramount concern to so many Americans, including myself. I get that people are pissed (as they should be) about children being separated from their parents at the…
As I write this, I am in bed, and it’s only 9:17 pm. That’s an early bedtime, even for me. I sit here on my husband’s side of the bed with a pillow on my lap, a laptop on top of that, and a million thoughts stewing around in my head. You see, the reason I…
I’m always giving strangers the benefit of the doubt. Not my husband (like, ever), and typically not my children and surely not myself, but acquaintances and strangers, well they seem all too deserving. Okay, maybe it’s not that they seem or even are deserving, but just that I find it pretty effortless to go easy…
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