I’m struggling. I’m struggling with some big decisions. I’m struggling with knowing whether I’ve done all I can do. I’m struggling with knowing whether I should listen to my head or my heart or my gut. My gut has never let me down before. But listening to my gut means making some decisions that
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To the Finger Wagging Lady
This morning I brought the kids to swim practice at the town beach. The town beach is on a lake, and the parking lot is across the street. There is a big crosswalk and a two-way stop sign for traffic on the road. People know and expect to have to wait a while at that
You Are The Safe Spot
You are not the extra pounds you are carrying around your midsection. You are the safe spot your children seek for comfort. You are not the cellulite you notice on your legs. You are the strength that supports your family. You are not the picture of your twenty-something self in a bikini. That person was
How To Throw A Kids’ Birthday Party For Under $15
Number 5 and 6 have the same birthday, and their birthday this year was on the day after the last day of school, the first official day of summer for us. So we had a party. Number 5 had seven friends come over, and Number 6 had three friends come over. Just like last year,
Can you hear me when you’re on the mound?
Last night Number 3 had a baseball game. In the third inning, he went in to pitch. Number 3 is a pretty good pitcher. Really good, actually. And this year he’s been super confident on the mound (or the bump, as Number 6 calls it), and it’s been fun to watch him pitch. But last
We are already having a great summer and it’s not even officially summer yet.
Our last day of school was on Thursday, so it is officially summer for us here in CT now. But we unofficially kicked off our summer last Monday. I have been determined to make this summer one that is close to the kind of summer I had as a kid. An unplugged, less scheduled, more relaxed,