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As we struggle to parent effectively, keep food on the table, and prioritize family above all else, it’s easy to lose sight of the importance of loving our children with intention. While we’d all like to believe that we’ve done a stellar job showing our children how much we love them, we owe it to […]
Sometimes I forget why I started blogging. Sometimes I can’t believe how blessed I am. Sometimes I wish I could say what I really think. Sometimes I want to cut my hair really short. Sometimes I wish I had a daughter. Sometimes I forget to hug my husband. Sometimes I wake up full of energy. […]
A funny thing happened down the rabbit hole of motherhood: I began to hoard my time. Like a Momenezer Scrooge I began to resent every inconvenient invitation, request to volunteer at school or church, overtime request, and any and every real or perceived obligation of my time and energy. I lived this way for years; secretly resenting […]
“Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what’s to come. But that night, I think we knew it was time to let go of what had been, and look ahead to what would be. Other days. New days. Days to come. The thing is, we didn’t have to […]
When I started this blog in the wee hours of January 3rd 2010, I had no idea that blogging was like a thing. I soon realized people made money from it and obviously, I wanted to be one of those. I worked my ass off, wrote for free, spread my words anywhere and everywhere that […]
This new year (like every new year of my adult life) I mentally calculated lessons learned, lessons lost, and what I hoped to achieve in the upcoming 365 days. As I sat down to pen my personal goals, I began to write a parenting manifesto of sorts. One that begins and ends with my offerings […]
Dear Mommy Friends, This post has sat idle in my head for a few weeks now. Every time I sit down to write it, I stop myself because I’m not feeling witty enough, resolved enough, or candid enough to share the contents of my heart in a way that will be best understood. It’s a weird […]
~My last post for Babble.com~ Dearest Babble readers, It is with a heavy heart that I write this final post for Babble. I’ve documented the good times, the bad times, the scary times and all the laughter and love in between. In the 602 posts I’ve written on the Babble platform, I’ve received buckets of […]
Just like you, the events of last Friday’s massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in CT have me completely devastated. It’s a scary world out there. We don’t have to know the victims, have a personal connection to Newtown, or even be a parent to grieve such a senseless tragedy. When I arrived with a […]
Dear Boy Wonder, You’re 10 now and 10 is like, big. Even with my spotty memory, I remember being 10 years old. I knew that I was just a kid according to the world around me, but inside I was so much more. And so are you. You’re more than just a kid who asks […]
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