This post has been weighing on my heart for a long time…I’m talking years. This particular aspect of parenting keeps creeping into my life and then I get busy and forget about it, but it’s one that I think is important to discuss. Now, this post is mainly for parents,…
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Growing up in a large family, our house was pretty much chaos 24/7. I think my mom liked it that way. If the house was too quiet she seemed uncomfortable. She slept with the television on just for background noise…come to think of it, the television was ALWAYS on, not…
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I honestly don’t even know how or where to start this post. And for a writer, it is a rarity that I ever run out of things to say. Something has been weighing heavily on my heart, not just recently, but for the past 9 years actually. I’ve held it…
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I am a former homeschool mom. I have been around the block a time or two on both sides of the Homeschool vs Public School debate. Making the choice about how your children receive their education is not an easy one these days. We have tons of options…homeschool, public school,…
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I’m a doer…I like to get things done. Kick butt and take names, yep…that’s me. But when it comes to mornings I’ll admit I totally suck…that is, unless I prepare! With 7 kids, 3 dogs, 2 cats, a husband and about 95 gazillion things going on at once, this…
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Yep, I caught myself doing it again…being a big, fat negative loser this morning. Let me bring you up to speed… So my 9 year old tells me at 6:10 this morning that, “Oh yeah Mom, our field trip got rescheduled for TODAY! I’m so excited…and we have to be…
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Well, the latest of our many military moves is nearly over and I have to say, this one was a doozy. Plans changed about 52 times before we finally were able to make a definite plan of action and go with it. As the saying goes “When Plan A…
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As a writer, I read a lot of various pieces written by people from all over the world. I recently read a piece entitled “9 Reasons Why I Regret Being a Stay-at-Home Mom” by Lisa Endlich Heffernan. While I can certainly appreciate the value in our freedom of speech…
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I have posted here many times about how crappy and unappreciated I feel some days. I mean let’s face it, being a mom isn’t always the most rewarding of jobs. Sure, there are days when we are showered with hugs and thank yous and hand drawn and colored pictures…but there…
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Last Saturday my son Jonathan and his football team played their first play-off game. These boys are all 6th graders and have worked incredibly hard to get to this point in the season. What is unique about this team, and why I chose to write about them this morning,…
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