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Today I feel heroic
Some people’s idea of heroism is saving a cat from certain demise in a fire. Or rescuing a drowning child. Or pulling an unconscious mother and child out of a car after a crash. Of which these all...
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It is a FAMILY gift
My husband is out-of-town. My two littlest ones are sick. I am starting to get sick. I am also trying not to drink wine during the week. Can you not see how this is all a recipe for a disaster?...
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I really do love my life..mostly
After the horrible tragedy in Newton, I gave myself a very stern lashing about being more grateful for my beautiful healthy children. And I am grateful. Truly. And I love them to pieces. Most days....
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Survival parenting and stupid bets
Yesterday I read a passage that someone wrote about living for the moment. To not wish for the future, or be stuck in the past, but to live in the moment, now. Right. Am I the only one that finds this...
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I am not the good kind of mom
I just got back from Las Vegas. Ahhh….. Why is it that upcoming fun events take so long to get here and yet FLY by when you are there?! Dang it. We had a fabulous time though. Well…we had lovely...
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Not allowed to be sick
I am addicted to drugs. I never used to be. I didn’t even like to take Tylenol, let alone the hard stuff. But I am. Now I am. Actually….my head is in a cloud right now…on drugs. And I like it. It is...
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Not even twelve hours
I just got back from an awesome yoga retreat. It was awesome for a few reasons: YOGA. FRIENDS. NO KIDS. WINE. Need I say more? On this retreat, I did some soul-searching and while reading a great...
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I’d rather have an aneurysm
I took the lil ones to do art the other day. So cute to see the excitement and joy. I felt like such a good mommy. Ya…not doing that again. At least not with the one year old. This kinda art is not...
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Don’t judge
I can admit that I am just not that great of a mom. Really. I am not looking for kudo’s or atta girls, or yes you are’s. I just know that I am an OK mom and that on some days, a decent mom, and...
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Part time mommin’ it
Yesterday I came to a stark realization. It hit me in the midst of changing a crap diaper. As soon as it hit me, I almost doubled over in shame, sadness, guilt and then that uncontrollable...
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New perspectives
I whine a lot about the difficulties of parenting. Errr…MY difficulty in parenting. The challenges my children pose to me, as a person, a woman and a mother. I complain a lot about how hard parenting...
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I hate my clean house
I am not a clean freak by nature. I do not generally spend time each day ‘cleaning’ my house. Yes yes I pick up stuff…shoot I wake up doing that and its usually the last thing I do before I close my...
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I don’t wanna play
Before I was a mother, my idea of parenting was limited by two things; 1- my own experiences from my parents 2- what I saw around me The first was probably a bit more rocky than most. No regrets. No...
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You are kidding right
There is something to be said for the end of a school year. And none of it is good. Add to it a graduating child, among the four children, and you might as well stick a fork in me cause I am D. O. N....
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Nothing
Recently my family and I took our annual pilgrimage to Schlitterbahn. It is usually quite an adventure. The adventure being in buying crap. Packing crap. Hauling crap. Then spending two days...
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What is today’s date anyway?
I, like many mothers, feel like I am losing my f’ing mind. I don’t mean just crazy…that is a GIVEN..I mean like my MEMORY. Like what did we eat for dinner last night? What was I supposed to do with...
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Advice to my son
I HATE flying. And we had to fly a TONKA SIZED airplane to this place. My son and I are attending college orientation for his upcoming freshman year. We visited the most beautiful campus yesterday and...
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I love you, now get out
My son turns 18 today. EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD. What the F*&%? Like seriously, what happened? Ya ya, time flies and all that, but the real problem is… I AM NOT GETTING THAT OLD. I seriously remember,...
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Is this really happening?
Today…for a moment.. Things smelled different. Better. Beautiful. Things felt different. Softer. Comforting. Things looked different. Vibrant. Dazzling. I was filled with an unrecognizable feeling of...
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I am not ALL jackass
I don’t hide the fact that I am a selfish person and wonder all the time how God felt that I deserved the B..L..E..SS..I..N.G (that was hard to type) of children. I am looking forward to the day they...
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