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Letting Go and Finding My Purpose

November 15, 2017 by not your average mom 8 Comments

This is the time of year where I normally begin a slow descent into depression. It took me quite a while to recognize this. Last year was the first time I put two and two together. Every December I become very emotional. Very weepy. Prone to unwarranted and unexpected bouts of tears. My little brother […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: AA, appreciation, brain, control, death, faith, God, gratitude, human being, letting go, purpose, stress

What Your Wife Wants

July 15, 2016 by not your average mom 6 Comments

A couple weeks ago after writing this post about how marriage is really fucking hard, a friend of mine wrote a comment about how men generally want to be respected first and loved second but women more want to feel loved and validated first, and then I wrote this post based on conversations with my […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: appreciated, appreciation, husband, loved, respect, wanted, wife

All I really need to know I learned from a Costco receipt.

December 5, 2013 by not your average mom 6 Comments

I’ve been a bitch to my husband again. And again, don’t get me wrong, it’s not for nothing. He deserved it a little bit, but I need to get over it. I haven’t really spoken to him, unless it was absolutely necessary in about 4 days. I fell off the sleeping-in-the-bed wagon a little while […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: appreciation, Costco receipts, gratitude

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