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Quit Taking It Personally – A Lesson Brought to You by Q-Tips

October 4, 2019

Have you ever heard the acronym for Q-TIP? Quit Taking It Personally Boy oh boy, these days I could use a whole case of those magic little wands of [...]

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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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Summer Blog Shot Two – Dashboard Lights – How to Tell When I Need a Parenting Break

August 16, 2019

This week, let’s rewind again to another favorite post of Confessioners. This one is about being mindful of our Dashboard Lights! Do you remember this one Team? I’m guessing [...]

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Blog Shot One – How Men Are Stupid and Women Are Crazy

August 9, 2019

In this hot time of year, let’s take a look back to this popular post from the cold month of February. This wisdom-nugget has stuck with me for decades, [...]

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When I Swear at My Kids – It’s Time for MRT

August 2, 2019

There’s always that period leading up to summer when I think, This summer will be different. But then August rolls around and I think, Next summer, NEXT summer I’ll [...]

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Quit Taking It Personally – A Lesson Brought to You by Q-Tips

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

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

Willing – Not Stuffing My New Family Into an Old Pan

Honest Eating – How I Used Honesty as a Weapon

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

Blog Shot Three – Transitions

Summer Blog Shot Two – Dashboard Lights – How to Tell When I Need a Parenting Break

Blog Shot One – How Men Are Stupid and Women Are Crazy

When I Swear at My Kids – It’s Time for MRT

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