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I Can’t Read – My Solution to Email Overload

March 12, 2021

Oh my goodness, Team—while writing last week’s post I unearthed one more reason managing the family overwhelms me. One word. Email. I receive more than 40 emails in my [...]

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Enough Dysmorphia – Unconsciously Doing Everything 110%

March 5, 2021

Years ago one of my friends needed to use our washer and dryer. While the two of us were standing and talking in the laundry room, she grabbed a [...]

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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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Christmassing in a Pandemic – It’s Time to Re-evaluate the To-Do List

December 4, 2020

It occurred to me on about Tuesday of this week, as Christmas stress began to creep in, that I was in the process of trying to deliver the exact [...]

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Anything But THAT – Finding Solutions in the Last Place I Look

November 6, 2020

Perfectionism: Maintaining Personal Serenity

As TeamC knows, I am willing to look far and wide for solutions to my problems…or at least, that’s what I thought. This month, I’ve had to face the [...]

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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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Distance Learning Extended – Surviving Another Corona Blow

October 16, 2020

While Guildford Public School children were scheduled to switch from the hybrid learning model to a full-time model on the 19th of this month, the decision was made to continue using the [...]

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Making Family History – Who Will We Be in This Historical Moment?

April 3, 2020

Our family, like many others, has spent a good deal of time inside the walls of history museums. Museums where we learn stories about war and loss and oppression [...]

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Faithing Over Shaming – Not Making Others Feel Bad

January 31, 2020

When it comes to having faith, I’ve convinced myself that I almost effortlessly embrace God’s plan. My ability to see unplanned things as happening for me and not to [...]

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All I Want for Christmas III – Prioritizing Restoration

December 20, 2019

This fall, I came to terms with just how much fatigue affects every choice I make and everything I do. All I want for Christmas this year is to [...]

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I Can’t Read – My Solution to Email Overload

Enough Dysmorphia – Unconsciously Doing Everything 110%

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

Christmassing in a Pandemic – It’s Time to Re-evaluate the To-Do List

Anything But THAT – Finding Solutions in the Last Place I Look

Going to Extremes – Finding a Corona Balance

Distance Learning Extended – Surviving Another Corona Blow

Making Family History – Who Will We Be in This Historical Moment?

Faithing Over Shaming – Not Making Others Feel Bad

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