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My Extra Special Happy Place
I believe being happy is a choice – a mindset, not determined by who you are with, what you are doing or where you are. Happiness is not a place we get to, sometime in the future. It’s not dependent...
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A Brutal Game of Tug-O-War
I wish someone had told me the dirty truth about marriage, childbirth, and being a mom. It’s easy to share our joys and accomplishments, but life is a bumpy ride filled with pot holes and road blocks....
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An Awesome Mommy Moment
I recently had one of those awesome mommy moments. It wasn’t about a goal my children had achieved, nor was it about my ability to gently persuade them to see life from my perspective. Although both...
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Spending My Time Being a Mom
Yeah, I know. It’s been a while! I guess on my journey to awesomeness I got slightly sidetracked. Isn’t that kind of how life works? So I’m trying to stop feeling guilty about not writing my blog...
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I just want to STOP time!
Just 3 weeks. That’s all I have left… That thought doesn’t turn me into a sobbing mess, as you’d probably expect. NO – it just makes my heart race, my palms sweat and my head spin. I feel like I’m...
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My New Normal
I don’t know what I thought life after taking Ben to college would be like… I don’t know that I had a plan for how to deal with my roller coaster of emotions… I don’t know that I was prepared to...
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THANKS – a word not taken lightly
I’ve been revisiting some of my old blog posts lately. I won’t make a habit of continually re-purposing my vintage pieces – since you can easily read back into the archives if you’d like. But...
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3 Ways to Mark the Milestone of your Child’s Senior Year
My oldest son’s senior year in high school feels like a lifetime ago – and yet, he’s only been a college student for 6 months now. Living through his last year of high school was a whirlwind , a...
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How I Survived My Son’s Freshman Year in College
And just like that…. 9 months have come and gone – and it’s time to move my B out of his freshman dorm. I wish you could see me now, typing and shaking my head in total disbelief! I just don’t know...
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There’s Nothing Left to Say….
Wow – It’s hard to believe that a year ago I was letting go of B for the first time. When I say “letting go”, I’m referring to the separation that takes place when your child begins their college...
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