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For Those Days When Parenting is Hard

May 19, 2012
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I‘ll never forget the day my mother told me that she worried about me because “you’re only as happy as your least happy child.” I could have lived a lifetime without learning that phrase. As any mom knows, children aren’t always happy, and the chances of having eight contented children at the same time? Let’s [...]

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In Case Mother’s Day Sneaked Up on You

May 11, 2012

Is it just me, or do birthdays and holidays have a way sneaking up on you? I tried to be ready this year and got our Mother’s Day gifts ready early. Unfortunately, because of work and sleep schedules it took two days to get everyone in the house to sign the cards, and then I forgot [...]

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Turning a Challenge into a Habit

March 16, 2012

At what point does a new habit stick and become routine? Google it and you’ll get a variety of answers and maybe some helpful hints. Last month my family agreed to participate in the Listerine and Reach Healthy Habits for a Lifetime Oral Care Challenge, which involved brushing, flossing, and rinsing twice a day for three [...]

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My Quality Time Lovin’ 10-Year-Old Son

January 29, 2012

I‘ve studied Gary Chapman’s 5 Love Languages (separate link for children) enough to know that my 10-year-old son’s primary language is Quality Time. He wants to run errands with me—even boring ones. Last week he surprised me in such a sweet way. I’d said goodbye to the kids when I said goodnight, since I had [...]

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We Moms Need a Few Tricks up Our Sleeves

August 29, 2011

Thursday evening I glare at a plastic McDonald’s cup lid lying in our driveway—a lid that I’d left there for a couple of days, waiting for one of the kids to have an attack of conscience and pick it up—and an idea begins to brew. Minutes later I call the kids together at the dining [...]

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A Practically Perfect Mother’s Day

May 9, 2011

If you’ve been a mother for long, you’ve learned that some Mother’s Days are extra special and some aren’t much different than an average day. I’m happy to say that today was the former. My kids gave me the sweetest gifts: hand-painted pottery; a baseball signed “to the best mom ever;” handwritten love notes; a [...]

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Really, Don’t Fret the Sweat

April 21, 2011

Infants have their own delicious smells, with their sweet baby breath and fuzzy little heads. Even their bad odors are okay: they’re just so baby precious. It was always a shock to me the first time mine had “bad breath,” a sign that they were growing and changing. Next come those active young years, when [...]

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“Don’t Make Me Come Up There!” Review and Giveaway

April 4, 2011

[Contest is closed. Winners are Jen and Brigit.] Do you often feel like a failure in the motherhood department? Like there should be a big “L” stamped on your forehead? Like surely your kids would fare better with a mom who’s a little more, well, competent. Do you tend to shoulder life’s burdens, forgetting to [...]

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Facing Fiona

February 3, 2011

She crawls into bed with me this morning, carrying a small toy, and a two-year-old wound reopens, fresh. “Guess where I got my doll?” she asks. It’s been some time since I’ve seen it, and I don’t want to look at it, talk about it now. I swallow. “The movies.” “Guess!” “I did.” “The movie [...]

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