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It’s supposed to be the other way around.

January 19, 2023 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Last week my friend Jess, the woman behind Diary of a Mom, shared that she’d been invited to a friend’s house in the tropics. She’s a mom and she’s married and she lives in the Boston area, and the idea of visiting a friend’s tropical home in the middle of January sounded pretty awesome. But […]

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A Trip Down Memory Lane

December 9, 2022 by not your average mom 1 Comment

I found some pictures recently when I was going through some stuff in my office. My cousin sent them to me. They were from a trip we took to Puerto Rico about 25 years ago – the first of a couple different vacations we took to Old San Juan and Culebra. These pics were a […]

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Happy 40th Birthday

December 4, 2022 by not your average mom 1 Comment

When I was in 8th grade my mom gave birth to my youngest brother, Christopher. He was a suprise, and I was SO EXCITED. I was that kid who always wanted her mom to have another baby. I LOVED having a baby brother. A year and a half after he was born, Christopher was diagnosed […]

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My Family Stone

December 3, 2022 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

We’ve been getting our Christmas tree at Stew Leonard’s for about 10 years. When the kids were younger we would pick out the tree and then walk through the Christmas shop. They have tons of ornaments and Christmas decorations. We don’t usually buy anything, but we look around. After checking out all the decorations, we […]

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You’re human. You’re going to mess up.

November 16, 2022 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Yesterday while scrolling through Facebook, I saw this post written by my friend Jess at Diary of a Mom: She explained a conversation she had with her daughter about getting a Christmas gift for one of her aides. Ultimately the post ended with Jess realizing she had unintentionally messed up and apologizing to her daughter. […]

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The Last Hurrah and A Reminder (to myself)

August 30, 2022 by not your average mom 2 Comments

I took nine kids to the beach this past Saturday for one last day of summer.  We went to Jennings Beach again. We took the paddle boards and the bikes and the scooters and skateboard and spikeball and we packed firewood and stuff to make s’mores. We knew we wanted to stay all day. The […]

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