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Dear Firstborn, It’s okay to fail…
Dear Firstborn, It’s okay to fail, and to fail again and again and again. There’s something special about my bond with you. It isn’t better or more important, it’s just different. You were the beginning of my awakening, the step through the portal that is motherhood. Your becoming was my becoming. The day you were…
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Dear Kids, It’s okay to be mad at me…
Dear Kids, It’s okay to be mad at me. Sometimes we make decisions for you that you don’t agree with or understand. You feel voiceless and frustrated. Sometimes I overreact and I misunderstand. Sometimes you just have a bad day. It’s okay, I have those days too.
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The Normal Marriage
I look at you sleeping next to me. Sometimes we are too worn out to talk at the end of the day. I turn on Game of Thrones until your breathing grows heavy. I wiggle next to you and try to startle you awake because I want to see what happens next, but that only…
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School Shopping Problems
I decided to take the girls school shopping today. I LOVE SHOPPING, ALL SHOPPING, so I was excited. I may have overshot my expectations. First things first we got Starbucks. I got a triple, and I got cookie dough cake pops for the girls. They thought they were too sweet and now I don’t even…
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Why I Will Not Judge Your Parenting
I’m too damn busy. I’m too busy making mistakes and praying my kids turn out alright anyway. I’m too busy looking at my musty smelling laundry pile and wondering if I should fold it or light it all on fire. I’m too busy teaching my kids good work ethics which means saying “stop playing and…
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Dear Strong Willed Child, You’re worth it…
Dear Strong Willed Child, Today we had many battles you and I. We had battles in the sun, battles in the sand, battles over popsicles, and a battle while I walked you screaming and kicking back to the house. You were red and fuming, I fought back tears. We’ve had thousands of battles you and…
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Confession: I am not a Super Mom.
Sometimes when I don’t know someone and I see them wearing makeup, I kind of assume that they are also good at everything else, like cooking and having a clean bathroom for example. Their children probably worship them while arguing over who gets to fold the laundry and take out the trash. So, incase you’ve…
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Dear Husband, When I forget to see you…
Dear Husband, Sometimes everything feels chaotic and fast, like a whirlwind we can’t stop. Time is flying by and I forget to really see you. When I stop and I notice, I see the etching of life, the processes that have made you older, stronger, and wiser. You are the same as when we married,…
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Finding Joy in Thailand
When we stepped off the airplane we were hit with a wave of humidity. Instantly my face felt ten years younger, thank you, Thailand. I haven’t visited this part of the world since I was in my teens, and a flood of memories came rushing back. When I came the first time I was at…
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Dear Kids, I hope you see the world with wonder…
Dear Kids, As we travel you will see many different things. You will see beautiful things, you will see hard things, you will see happy things, and you will see things that will forever leave you changed. That’s a good thing my love. I hope you meet the world, that you come to know it as…