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This Pandemic Stinks. Behaving My Way Into Right Thinking

September 18, 2020

Ok TeamConfessions, there’s no part of me that wants to be writing this blog post right now. Not because I have bad news, but because I feel like I could [...]

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3 Things to Remember Before Family Planning During Corona

June 26, 2020

As I’m sure it’s clear to you during these COVID times, everyone has a different comfort level around contact with others. And as some are loosening the reins around [...]

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The Art of Disappointment: It’s Not You, It’s Me

June 12, 2020

It kind of makes me cringe now, but as I mentioned in Easy Pleasie, I was once a person who was hard to appease. Ironically, however, my mentors were [...]

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Ambition – Schooling Me on What She’s All About

May 22, 2020

This weekend is not only my birthday, but it’s also the blog’s birthday… Happy 3rd Birthday, Confessions! Over the past few months, as the three-year anniversary was approaching, I [...]

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Sister Church – The Importance of Being Vulnerable With a Trusting Family

May 8, 2020

Several weeks ago, G took the kids away for the entire day to protect them from a very burnt-out MamaDe. That morning I had a 4-way video call with [...]

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The Most Frustrated Baby on the Block – What Quarantining and Toddlers Have in Common

May 1, 2020

When my friends with toddlers talk to me about their miserable 3-year-olds, I feel their pain. Three was right about the age when, I started calling my kids names [...]

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Observe and Adapt: How Changing the Schedule Can Change Our Lives

April 24, 2020

My buddy Christine Woodside shared this with me in an email this week, “A scientist friend told me that Darwin, when talking about evolution, didn’t actually say ‘survival of [...]

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Back Off – When the Thunder Roars, Go Indoors

April 17, 2020

As we continue to navigate being together 24/7 during COVID-19, the storm clouds always seem to be brewing around here. And what I’m finding is that I can make [...]

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Cloak or Cape? Martyring Myself for Others

March 27, 2020

At this point in my life, I know what I need to succeed, what I need to be joyful. and what I need for peace. Then why the h-edgy-h [...]

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Social Distance Academy – Where the Universe is Redirecting My Focus

March 16, 2020

Before the Guilford school system officially called off classes “indefinitely,” my mind was already racing with how I was going to structure our weeks off from the Magic Yellow [...]

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The Most Frustrated Baby on the Block – What Quarantining and Toddlers Have in Common

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