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A Very Short Story

October 18, 2018 by not your average mom 4 Comments

If you think your kids don’t pick up on what is going on with you — even when you don’t verbalize it — you are wrong. If you think your kids have no self-awareness, you are also wrong. Of course, some of our kids have more awareness than others. Number 6, my eight-year-old, is like […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: emotional children, hugs, kids and empathy, lessons your kids teach you

I need a hug.

November 3, 2016 by not your average mom 4 Comments

Marriage continues to challenge me. Before I go any further, by acknowledging that I still struggle with many aspects of my marriage, I am in no way accepting full responsibility for all of the issues in it. Every time I write a post about my struggles in my marriage, someone inevitably comments with “it’s not all […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: communication, hugs, husband, marriage, positive discpiline

20 Things You Can Do To Be a Great Parent

October 28, 2016 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Yesterday I came across this question when I was wasting time on Facebook: “I’m going to be a first-time dad in a few weeks… I’m quite nervous! Does anyone have some helpful tips on how I can be a great dad? “ About a million things immediately popped into my head. It doesn’t matter whether you […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: change, consistency, dad, exercise, father, great, hugs, mistakes, mom, mother, parent, priority, schedule

A hug a day keeps the divorce lawyer away.

March 10, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

This foreclosure situation has taken a toll on me and my husband. The statistics vary, but the exact numbers don’t really matter — the number one cause of stress and divorce in a relationship is money. Or the lack of it. With my husband working and me working and one of us coming home when […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: hugs, marriage, work

Do hugs, not drugs. Unless Number 4 is involved. Then you might want to go with the drugs.

February 2, 2013 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Editor’s Note:  Please take a couple seconds to vote for me in the Circle of Moms Top 25 Funny Mom Blogs Contest.  If everyone who reads this votes for me today, you would put me into the top 15!!!Place your vote by clicking on that button over there on the right, scrolling down to Not […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: drugs, hugs

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