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Things That Make Me Smile

Children always give you a reason to laugh, or cry, or pull your hair out. Most days my kids make me laugh. Carter is really into his poop. Thankfully he is fully potty trained now and rarely has an accident. When I was…
Living the Moment

Life is pressure. It starts when you're young: pressure to make good grades, to be the smartest, or the fastest on the playground, or the best at sports. To have perfect hair, clothing, make-up. To be cool and admired…
The Crazy Thought Train

I don't know if it is because of the girls going back to school, or if it is because I have started writing again, but lately I just can't seem to slow my brain down. I have big sentimental thoughts, tiny detail though…
Overcoming Jealousy

Blue_Summer has a beautifully written post about jealousy. When reading it I was reminded of how I learned from my mom to overcome jealousy.
Best Parenting Advice?

I've been thinking a lot about parenting advice lately. Most of it is always unsolicited, of course, and the majority of it is either unwelcome or just plain old bad/outdated advice. But sometimes, you come across gold.…
Did You Lose Your Identity After Having A Kid? I Did.

This is a guest post from The Mommyologist. I don’t know about you, but I had a pretty tough time as a new mom. I missed sleep. I missed my body. I missed being able to go out to dinner at a nice restaurant or hop…
Approaching Happiness

I like March better already. The sun is out. I’ve had a picnic breakfast and picnic lunch on my back table this week. I’m going to cut back the plants winter froze, so that spring can grow blooms in my garden…
Detoxing From the "Have Nots"

When I was younger, I thought the phrase "keeping up with the Joneses" was over-exaggerated. In my mind, there really wasn't any such thing as social pressure to gain more material possessions, to buy bigger and better,…
Children Ruin Lives?

There's a group on facebook that I heard about called "Ban kids from restaurants". When I went to take a peek at what it was all about, I read one of the discussion threads, if you will. The title was "Children Ruin L…
Parents, This One's For You!

So many times I hear parents complain that they don't have enough time to get active. As the saying goes, "If I had a nickel for every time I heard that....," well, I probably would no longer have my day job. Well, mom…