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Best. Gift. Ever.

I am mommy to a 2 year old and while right now, in this moment, she doesn't understand that what she is holding is the best gift ever, some day she will. Some day she will look at me and be so thankful that we made sure…
Am I Overreacting?

Okay so as many of you know, I'm a working mom. I work from 8am to 5pm. Obviously, if we could depend on my husband's income, I would stay home with my son. However, we can't because there's no way we can depend on tha…
Grandmother Gives Birth to Grandson

When I saw the story about this woman who became a surrogate for her daughter (and gave physical birth to her own grandson) it amazed me. It also made me think about my own family. One of my sisters had a truly (horrif…
Should Grandparents Be Allowed to Spank?

My mother-in-law is coming to visit on Saturday. I always get nervous. I still have some left over anger over the last time we saw each other. I saw her husband spank my nephew. He then said "You know that was an acc…
The Role Of Grandparents

What is the role of a grandparent? To spoil the grandchild(ren) like crazy and send them home to mom and dad right? That's what I used to (still sort of do) think. However, there is a line... and it shouldn't be crossed…
Inlaws Suck

For all the issues I might have with my husband, I have no doubt in my mind that a lot of internal problems he's dealing with are caused by his shitty parents. As human beings, they are just bad people. Selfish, rude, ma…
My Gramma... and Facebook

Let me just say that it is HILARIOUS to me, to see my gramma typing "LOL" and "PTL" on her Facebook statuses. My mom and gramma were, can you say, computer illiterate and now they are, almost, pros. At least of Facebook…
Sweet and Savory Sundays: Failing Forward and Nutella Chunk Cookies

This is a guest post from Fresh Mommy Blog. Yesterday I mentioned that I had been failing forward, and though by pure mention it sounded like a one-off, when in fact it's been a week of failing forward. Usually our days…
A Lifetime, Collected

To say that my grandmother saved everything is not an exaggeration. If it might be useful at any point in the future, it was not going to be thrown out. Ever. Case and point: in the basement was the top of a toilet bowel…
I'm Grateful for Grandparents

To some degree, I have always envied people who have a close relationship with their grandparents. That is simply because I never did have much of a relationship with mine. There are plenty of good explanations for thi…