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Crappy Mom List – 5 Things I’m Never Gonna Change

September 27, 2019

As we know, I arguably spend waaaay too much time fine-shining my life. But this whole ‘focus on what’s working’ thing that I posted about in Open is really refreshing. [...]

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It’s That Time of Year Again – Let’s Blame My Husband!

September 20, 2019

My good friend Kristen is credited with one of my all-time favorite quotes, “Newborns do nothin’ for a marriage.” Now, since we’re out of the newborn stage, I like [...]

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Willing – Not Stuffing My New Family Into an Old Pan

September 13, 2019

You’re likely familiar with “The Meatloaf Story”… A mom and daughter are cooking a meatloaf when the daughter asks, “Mom, why do you cut off each end of the [...]

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Honest Eating – How I Used Honesty as a Weapon

September 6, 2019

One thing I love to do at this time of year is to come up with my meal plan. So, the other day I pulled out a document I [...]

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Open – Looking at What’s Right Rather Than What’s Wrong

August 30, 2019

There’s a huge part of me that would love to be jumping back into the blog circuit in a blaze of glory, but I’m running out of steam, people. [...]

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Blog Shot Three – Transitions

August 23, 2019

We’re approaching transition season again—maybe it’s a good time to reread: Transition Transition – Making Any Passage Easier

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Forget It – What Forgetting Things on Vacation Can Teach Us

June 28, 2019

When we go away, my husband often forgets things, and ya know what? It doesn’t phase him in the least. I didn’t even know that was an option before [...]

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Who Says You’re Not Perfect? Not Me.

June 21, 2019

A few weeks ago, I witnessed someone talking to a group of children about making mistakes. In the talk, the cliche “nobody’s perfect,” was used. There I was, with [...]

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If I Always Show Up for You, I’m Never Showing Up for Me

June 14, 2019

An opportunity for me to get away for a few days with a good buddy comes at this time every year. Yes, this time of year when there is [...]

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The Wind’s Work – What Mother Nature Taught Me About Self-Acceptance

May 24, 2019

Today’s my birthday and I happen to have the perfect gift for myself. My gift to myself this year is to put down the chisel. My friend Shannon once [...]

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