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My mom, my inspiration
As Mother’s Day approaches this year, and I celebrate my second year of being a mother I’ve been thinking a lot about my own mother. Although she was far from perfect, she was a fabulous Mom. Everyone...
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A lot like my mother
Recently I was at a dinner date with a girlfriend and we were talking about where we got our parenting beliefs. Why did we choose to be the mothers we are today? What formed our view of self? When did...
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Does it get better from here?
I was at a friend’s house recently discussing some important issues related to Motherhood that are hot button topics for us. One of them that came up was this, when someone friend or stranger says, “It...
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It’s just the way it goes
It would be the understatement of the year to say that my life has been challenging lately. I could go on a rant about what’s been happening, husband’s shoulder dislocation, neighbors flooded our...
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Fake it till you make it
A long time ago, when I had just one child, and had time to think about such things, I asked a few friends how one teaches religious beliefs to a child – it seemed an overwhelming task. Kids don’t pick...
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Relating to people you’re related to
My two daughters are the only people I know related to me. I mean, sure we all “choose” our family in who we choose to surround ourselves with and build relationships with, but as an adoptee, my family...
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In gratitude on Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day. Those are three awesome, loaded little words. Why? It’s too big. It’s too much. There’s no possible way to fit all the things that “Happy Mother’s Day” means into one day. That...
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Mama Seuss…a love note
When I was away at college, my Mom would send me cards and emails with poems and love notes. I saved them all. She is an amazing writer. She loves to randomly call me and share her newest idea for a...
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I don’t have time to ______.
Like many of you, the Connecticut shootings have left me speechless, broken-hearted, and sad. I’ve been watching the debates about gun control and mental illness pop up. Stones are already being thrown...
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