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Motherly Love and Instinctual Insanity

I always had a kind of game plan as far as what kind of mother I wanted to be. I wanted to be stern, but fair; Support while keeping my distance and allowing my children to find their own paths; Level-headed and down…
Like Mother Like Daughter

My mom had me when she was 21. She and my father split when I was about 2 years old and then she met the man who I'd eventually call Dad. They had my baby sister, and about 8 years later, they went their separate ways.…
The Family With No Hugs

My father never hugged me. I don't know why. My dad became an orphan at a very young age. His mother died giving birth to a daughter and his "Da" died of Hodgkin's Disease when my father was ten years old. He and his si…
The Affection Dilemma

I am a stay at home mother, which I'm sure you all know what that entails. During the day, I spend time with and take care of my son. I play with him, discipline him, feed him, change him, the whole nine yards. His fat…
A Father's Love

It is that which I lavish upon all of my children with such a fierceness that I often find myself wishing, with the entirety of my heart, that I could shield them from the sometimes necessary but often difficult lesso…
You'll Just Feel The Love: What I Didn't Feel When My Son Was Born

Thinking back to when I was pregnant with my son, it was a hectic, exciting and scary experience all at once. After all, he was my first child. Going to the doctor a couple of days after I took my test, we were told th…
He Broke My Heart

This is a syndicated post from Moments With Mandi, the blog by Momaroo's editor. My little 7 year old broke my heart this morning. We’re all at the start of getting colds (oh what fun!), so I know he wasn’…
Pregnancy & Relationships

I am a textbook example of classic pregnancy symptoms. (Except for hemorrhoids, so far... Thank God.) My first trimester was full of vomit and I even broke out in hives. I'm always tired, oversleeping, indulging in cra…
Best Advice Ever - Live FOR Each Other

I've been married for 9 years. I've known my husband for 11 years. When we started dating and got married, we heard all sorts of advice from all sorts of people. Most of it was good advice, some of it was bad. We were t…
Instinctive Nurturing - Truth or Myth?

I hear the saying “Just follow your instincts; you’re the mother so you know best”. An implication that a mother instinctually knows what is best, deep down in her heart. Um.. is this really true? O…