We live in a world where kids not only practice fire drills and tornado drills, but they also learn to turn off the lights and hide in the corner. Where the price of groceries keeps going up, but most companies haven’t given raises in years. Where technology has given us more than all […]
Kindergarten Nerves
Dearest Peanut, Today I called about kindergarten. It turns out we missed the registration day they had set up. I never thought that they’d do registration so early! One of the few drawbacks about where we live is there really aren’t any families around with young kids for me to talk to, so […]
Mom Guilt Rears Its Ugly Head at Bedtime
Up until just a few months ago I was always the one who got our son to sleep while my husband got our daughter in bed. On nights he worked late, I’d rock little guy and sing loudly enough for our daughter to hear me in her room. That task was made easier […]
A Surprising Answer
We all have those moments where we just need to feel like we aren’t doing so bad as a parent after all. I’m not talking about those rare moments when someone tells you, “You’re a great mom.” I’m talking about something the kids do or say that makes you realize you’re raising some […]
Turning into My Mother…
Perhaps it’s happened to you, that moment in your life where you find yourself saying, “Oh my goodness! I’ve become my mother!” Now, don’t get me wrong, I love my mother. And by no means was she a bad mother; after all, she raised 3 children to be contributing members of society. But […]
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