Tag: mom life
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Dear Kids, I can’t give you perfection, but I can give you this…
Dear Kids, I can’t give you perfection, but I can give you all of me, without holding anything back. I can give you my whole heart. I can let you see me laugh and cry and everything in between. I can admit when I’m wrong (even if it takes me awhile to realize sometimes).
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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 Middle-Child, You’re important…
Dear Middle-Child, Yesterday you asked me why your older brother always gets to choose. We were staying in a vacation rental and I’d given him the choice of beds since he’s the tallest and the most likely to be uncomfortable. “He’s always going to be older,” you said, “so he’s always going to choose.” You…
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Not a Perfect Mom, but an Enough Mom.
I was going to be the Dr. Oz of parenting. I was going to be a guru, and then I realized that I would probably have to teach my kids to stop acting like wild raccoons at the grocery store. I don’t want to be negative but my kids are 10, 8,6, and 3. This is never going to…
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To My Daughter Starting Kindergarten
Yesterday we took Oaklee to her first day of Kindergarten. I had been thinking for weeks about that day. I had been thinking about her zest for life, her joy, and her silliness. I had been thinking about her incredibly pure and kind heart. She is such a treasure, as all kids are.