I was going to write a post about fabulous gifts to buy for the Mammas in your life. But really, if I start scouring the internets for hip and trendy gifts that will make the Mamma in your life flip her lid – I’d get sucked into a black hole. And probably end up on [...]
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Today, I have the honor of writing over at GFunkified Mrs. GFunk runs a series called Great Expectations where she gathers folks to share – you guessed it – their greatest expectations and how those expectations played out in real life. I had the pleasure of meeting her last month at a conference. She is [...]
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Real talk. I’m wearing Fear pants. They’re too tight and make my butt look big but I can’t get them off. I seem to be stuck. The Girl Wonder has pierced her own ear. I believe a Piercer in the know would call it a Helix. A tiny little stud in the cartilage at …
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This week I’m writing over at Mama And Baby Love…. One sweet, cherubic-cheeked child = 5011 bits, bobs and playthings strewn about the floor. Perhaps you can relate? When Girl Wonder was little, maybe 5 or 6, it didn’t matter one lick how many bins and baskets I had artfully arranged to collect her debris. [...]
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Parenting a teenager is an experiment in self-control. The little buggers are all cute and cuddly when you first bring them home. Then they gain the power of speech. Which they cannot use without adult supervision till at least 30. Those big wide eyes lose the power of hypnosis when they learn to roll at [...]
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Your calendar gets covered in pencil smudges. Handwriting gets smaller to fit more in each tiny box. You stare at all the comings and goings and wonder who keeps putting all this stuff in your calendar when you’re sleeping. And meanwhile there’s a kid flitting in out of the room….. Sign this permission slip. Can [...]
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We’re moving into the trenches of the teenaged years. I was going to write something all deep and wise and filled with maternal wisdom. Instead we’re going to keep it brief. I’m going to hit the high points. The most important things I want you to know. Cause there’s cake to be eaten. And …
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It’s loud up in here. All the voices and goings on in my head. Perhaps you can relate? We (all the collective mini-mes hollering and stamping about in my brain) need a bit of peace and quiet. Last week, I wrote about one way to make that happen. My head is a busy, loud place. [...]
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I had a moment. Sitting in my house. Thinking about life pre-kid. And all the things that have changed. A tattered, faded, pinkish chair looking orange in harsh winter sunlight coming through the window. Ugly but with a “sink into it” comfort. I’ll be sitting here later. A glass topped end table. …
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Potty training to picking the right high school. This parenting thing is packed with pressure and choices that apparently can be the difference between your kid running a Fortune 500 company or becoming a professional plasma donor. Following a conversation with another parent at one of Girl Wonder’s basketball games – Motherhood failure and emotional [...]
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