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When feeling bad feels good.
I want to thank my son for allowing me to share this. It’s hard to share personal, vulnerable, emotional moments. <3 As the day we celebrated his brother's third birthday wore on, 7.5yo Paby became...
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‘Tis the season…for stress
This time of year tends to be fairly difficult for most families. Kids are home from school, but parents aren’t getting a break from work or family duties. Even for families who don’t celebrate the...
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Awake
I’m awake for no reason I can find; my littlest ones are with their Granny tonight, I should be making the most of the bed space and sleeping well…instead I find myself missing those fuzzy headed...
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Hero
So small. So defenseless. If some great calamity struck today, something horrific and disastrous; something so awful and wrong and damaging that he stands no chance against…he would turn to me, wrap...
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Excuse me while I have a totally human moment and admit that today sucked! And yesterday sucked, too. And that I am dreading tomorrow so much it literally brought me to tears thinking about it....
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My three year old sat, arm outstretched, holding his glass of milk out to me. He demanded for me to take it and put it down for him. Not just anywhere; he wanted it in an exact spot on the opposite...
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Listening Without Words
This might not look like much, but it is somewhat of a breakthrough for us. The kid sitting at that table alone is 3. And wow, is he a busy guy! He is loud, fast, silly, and curious. He climbs,...
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Not so long after all…
Sitting in the little ones’ room waiting for three year old Rogue to fall asleep, my impatience grows and I check my phone clock again. I have been behind all week and won’t ever catch up this way....
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Because they are jumping off their beds, and with every “BOOM,” I get more tense. Because I’m exhausted, yet it’s an hour til I can even think about putting them to bed. Because not one of them...
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Bliss, or something like it.
I’m lying here, nursing my daughter to sleep, listening to my oldest four play minecraft together. It’s hardly the “picture perfect” moment. I have housework that’s far behind, I can’t remember what...
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