Parenting
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The Room
When we became pregnant last year, I waited until we were through our first trimester and then began to prep the baby’s room, which had been an office/catch-all room. When we lost the baby almost half way through the pregnancy, I shut the door to the room and tried my best to ignore it. I […]
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Mourning on Father’s Day
I lost my father a few months before my wedding. It was unexpected and absolutely devastating. Were it not for a wonderful friend who basically finished planning the wedding for me, I would have cancelled it. I am forever grateful for her and that I have the wonderful memories of a beautiful wedding. My dad […]
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An Apology to My Oldest
You were my first. The one where I learned the most. By 2, you were so independent. You wanted to do everything yourself. I am still amazed at all the things you could do for yourself and how you wanted to do those things without my help. When you were 3, your brother came. You […]
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Replanting Myself
For Christmas, my son received a see-through planter where you can place 4 seeds and watch them grow. I was waiting till the spring when it would be warmer and sunnier before we started the project. Last week, my daughter insisted we go ahead and start the seeds. Within a couple days, the seeds had […]
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When “Mom” is a Four-Letter Word
Before I had kids, I loved to tell the story of my friend Jimmy. Jimmy, like any child, loved to say “Mom,” over and over and over again. Like any mom, one day Jimmy’s mom had enough and told Jimmy she was changing her name. What was she changing it to? Shit. And every time […]
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That Effing Elf
I didn’t want to do it. I didn’t want to start that stupid Elf. But two years ago, Unicorn Rainbow (yes, that is what my daughter named him even after I pointed out that he is a boy) joined our little holiday traditions. We keep it simple, so our Elf only moves each night. (No […]
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Even Disney Parents Yell
Like every good parent of young children, I watch a lot of Disney movies. The Incredibles was on tv the other day and I caught a few minutes in between answering the demands of two children. During 10 minutes of the movie I had time to watch, Elastigirl (the mom), yelled at her children several […]
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