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Wanna Feel Good About Yourself? Stick to It.

June 25, 2021

My husband taught me an incredibly important lesson years ago when he was the head coach for our oldest son’s soccer team. The boys ended up losing in the [...]

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De-Monstering – Not Accepting Unacceptable Behavior

June 11, 2021

Because we don’t give our children everything they want, I can sometimes convince myself that I’m not in the business of building tiny-tyrants. But, is that entirely true? Buying [...]

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Survival Mode – Cutting Every Corner Possible

April 30, 2021

When the children were little and my husband went on long business trips, we would go into what I deemed, “Survival Mode.” We’d lower those standards just about as [...]

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Selfish Guilt – Are We Really Still Doing this to Ourselves?

April 16, 2021

This week, I needed to hear something a friend said. “When I feel guilty, I’m likely doing something to take care of myself.” She went on to explain that [...]

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Under the Influence – Bunny See, Bunny Do

April 2, 2021

Someone once kindly noted that our kids do a great job entertaining other little people. We all know I don’t play with our children, so as soon as I [...]

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Never Out of Site, Never Out of Mind – Becoming Less of Who I Really Am

February 26, 2021

As I was experiencing yet another pandemic break down the other day, it became clear that having the kids home almost the entire month of February (oh, and the [...]

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Feeling Invisible – The Corona Burnout is Real

February 5, 2021

The burnout is real friends. Having more QT with the fam-damily after the snowstorm has truly put my extra-long deep breaths to work this week. Even our appliances look [...]

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Tantrums – Let’s Not Make This About You, Let’s Make This About Me

January 29, 2021

When one of the rug-rats is having a tantrum I can get triggered. Why? Because deep down inside me, I still sometimes feel responsible for their happiness. Intellectually, I [...]

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Falling Hard for My Children

January 22, 2021

Parenting: Giving Kids Dignity

Something about my relationship with my children is shifting. A vulnerability is surfacing. For whatever reason, more recently I’ve been willing to dive into the connection I have with [...]

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Going to Extremes – Finding a Corona Balance

October 23, 2020

If you’re on TeamConfessions, you know MamaDe has issues with technology. The thought of kids being in front of screens all day can put me on an Acela train [...]

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Ubuntu, I Am Because We Are – The African Philosophy that Can Set Me Free

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Acting Like a Child – Pretending Myself Into the Person I Want to Be

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The Cycles of Life – Ride ‘Em, Don’t Fight ‘Em

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