I currently find myself embroiled in The Great Cell Phone Debate of 2018. There’s drama, tears, logic, illogic, comments from the peanut gallery…it makes the presidential debate of 2016 look […]
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As our school year is coming to a close and this house is counting down the days of May with the enthusiasm as the countdown to Christmas, I want to […]
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“I’m stupid.” “I’m ugly.” “People don’t like me.” “I’m bad at that.” To my child, I hear these defeated words spilling from your lips. Sometimes shouted, sometimes murmured quietly and […]
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These are my happy shoes. Sometimes I wear them because I am happy. And sometimes I wear them because I’m not happy, but I really want to be. I had […]
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I love to watch you play big kid games. You and your friends tower over me, and you can do so many things. Running, hitting, jumping and passing. I want […]
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About a year and a half ago some friends and I decided we wanted to go see a movie together. We were sitting on the back porch after dinner, and […]
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Sometimes I wish I could keep you small forever. We’d play dress up, and you would clip-clop around in my heels, or swagger across the room wearing your daddy’s tie. […]
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Well, my husband has done it again. Apparently being around children sparks his creativity. During Spring Break the girls and I went on a camping trip with the Girl Scouts, […]
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Today I got to say yes. So often this parenting thing is a long series of no’s. No, you can’t have dessert before dinner. (Because you need to learn healthy […]
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My youngest daughter has a new phrase she likes to throw around. “Can’t you spare a few minutes for your child?” She likes to use it when I’m working on […]
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