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I Need a New Kind of ER

July 5, 2019

Before we left for the Emergency Room last week, tears began pouring out of my face. G-Man understandably assumed it was because of my pain. But, I wasn’t crying [...]

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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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Switch to Dimmers – Getting Rid of Black and White Thinking

September 21, 2018

This week was a particularly full week. There were a lot of balls in the air: deadlines, another day off from school, schedule changes, etc. What struck me though [...]

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Calm Down – 5 Ways to Connect My Head to My Heart

July 27, 2018

Just writing the words, “Calm Down” can get me a little fired up. I used to warn suitors, “Do yourself and favor and don’t ever tell me to ‘calm [...]

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Ambition Came to Talk to Me and This Is What She Said

May 18, 2018

As I see it, Ambition and I have been friends for as long as I can remember. As a young person, we were pursuing a career in performing arts. [...]

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Me Inc. – 2 Huge Mistakes I was Making When It Came to Support

January 26, 2018

Many of my hours are spent looking at what’s working and what’s not working in my life. In the area of support, I discovered two huge mistakes I was [...]

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Motivation – How I Stay Motivated to Workout

January 5, 2018

As embarrassing as this is to admit, I actually spent years thinking that a day would come when I would magically want to go to the gym. As if [...]

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Fend for Yourself Day

December 22, 2017

Parenting: Giving Kids Dignity

Even the most joyous holiday season can knock the wind out of my sails. Of course, there’s always the physical drain from running around and hosting, but I think [...]

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Let’s Break Some Rules!

August 25, 2017

In our family, it doesn’t matter if the car ride is one hour or five hours—we all seem to lose it in the last fifteen minutes of the journey. [...]

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Reacting – Getting Schooled by My Husband in Parenting 101

August 4, 2017

One thing that used to start my blood boiling was when our children would be crying hysterically or fighting right in front of my husband, and he would continue [...]

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Welcome to my blog turned podcast! Here you can listen or read about what’s on my mind as I try my best to recover from screaming at my kids and nagging the bejesus out my husband.

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