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It’s Your Job To Plug Yourself In

August 14, 2020 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I saw this on Facebook today. https://www.facebook.com/thescarymommy/photos/a.375569458300/10158198745883301/?type=3&theater And while I have to agree that moms are often underappreciated, I disagree with this post. Most of it, anyway. It is true for me that since becoming a mom, I haven’t had the pleasure of someone else feeding me more than a handful of times. Very rarely […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Mental Health, Self Care Tagged With: self care, setting boundaries

Telling The Kids About The Divorce

August 11, 2020 by not your average mom 7 Comments

I was terrified to tell the kids about the divorce. I Googled just about every combination of words I could think of. How to tell your kids you are getting divorced. The best way to tell your kids you are getting divorced. Tips for telling your kids you are getting divorced. Every article and blog […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House Tagged With: divorce, telling your kids about your divorce

Chapter One: The Wedding

August 9, 2020 by not your average mom 3 Comments

I’m working on a book. Maybe. Here’s the first chapter. I got kind of drunk at our wedding. I don’t know if I could tell you the exact reason why. It was probably a combination of a few things. September 18, 2004 was our wedding day, and it was also my 35th birthday. Hurricane Ivan […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned Tagged With: divorce, marriage, signs of divorce

I Can Sit In Discomfort

August 4, 2020 by not your average mom 8 Comments

Yesterday I shared that I am getting divorced. This wasn’t a decision we came to quickly. In fact the process was officially started almost a year ago. But it wasn’t until last week that we shared this information with the kids. There are two reasons it took so long to really get the process moving. […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Self Care Tagged With: discomfort, divorce

A Happy Story About Georgetown, Connecticut

July 22, 2020 by not your average mom 24 Comments

I think we could all use a feel good story. It starts with a little bit of history. Georgetown, Connecticut is a village located where the corners of four towns — Ridgefield, Wilton, Redding, and Weston — meet. My great grandparents lived in the section of Georgetown that’s in Weston. They had a small farm […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House Tagged With: Georgetown CT, Gilbert and Bennett School, Gilbert and Bennett Wire Mill

It’s Okay

July 17, 2020 by not your average mom 4 Comments

Sometimes we need some reminders. So here are a few of them… You don’t owe anyone an explanation for any of the decisions you make in your life. You don’t have to justify anything to anyone. It’s okay if you want to lose weight and transform your body and document your transformation. It’s also okay […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: decisions, parenting, returning to school, trusting your gut, virtual school

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