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For The Mom Who Feels Insignificant
Tonight I’m sitting with my computer while my kids are eating noodles and butter for the 4th time this week and I wish I could actually just call you on the phone to chat. Or better yet, get you your...
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For the Mom Who Needs A Do-Over
I really could have used a do-over today. I stayed up way too late last night (curse you, Hallmark Christmas movies!) and ended up sleeping in way too late this morning. If it had been the first time...
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The One Thing Our Kids Need From Us
Emily started gymnastics a few weeks ago. So, once a week, for one hour, we trek to the gym and watch her somersault and jump and have a blast. This last week, as we were driving away from the gym, I...
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The Eternal Importance of Motherhood (and a new freebie for you!)
I had a writing deadline coming up, so I was working on the computer while my two- year-old daughter watched a (very educational, not at all mindless, I’m sure) show on Netflix. I just needed a few...
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Finding Contentment as a Mom in a World of Comparison
I got a few emails this week. Here’s what the subject lines screamed at me: “HOW TO GET YOUR FIRST 10,000 READERS & MAKE MORE MONEY NOW!” “THIS ONE STRATEGY COULD TAKE YOUR BLOG TO THE NEXT LEVEL!”...
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What Every Mom Really Needs
I was talking with a friend on the phone the other day about how hard motherhood is, and we laughed in that “it’s kinda funny but really it’s not” sort of way. We used to be teachers together, and we...
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Don’t tell anyone, but I’m just not a baby person.
Yesterday, Nathan was heading toward the closet in their room. Which is a huge disaster right now, and worse every time the kids open it, so I told him no, he couldn’t go in the closet. He stopped for...
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The #1 most overlooked mom hack!
Last night, I snuck away to my bedroom while the kids were watching a show before bedtime because I just needed five minutes. Just five minutes to breathe, to have some quiet, and gear up to head back...
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When you feel like you can’t do ALL THE THINGS…
I think the most difficult part of everyday motherhood is the fact that we are pulled in ten different directions, all at once. I’m not even talking about the hour before school in the morning, where...
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“Good things come to those who hustle” (and other flat-out lies we keep hearing)
I believe we are a generation of exhausted women. I believe we exhausted women still feel like we’re not doing enough. Not working hard enough. I believe this is a problem. And I’d like to talk about...
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