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Five For One

September 27, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Here is something quick for you to think about today. My husband and I learned this last week at the therapist’s office: For every stupid/thoughtless/hurtful/mean/shitty/bad thing you do/say to your spouse, it takes five thoughtful/caring/supportive/awesome things to undo and cancel that one dumb thing out. Share this info with your husband/wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/partner. The next time you […]

Filed Under: Personal, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: 5 things, argument, boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, marriage, wife

Perfection Is Unattainable. And Stupid. So Stop Trying To Achieve It.

February 17, 2017 by not your average mom 1 Comment

The other day I was talking with a friend who is a bit of a perfectionist. Actually, she’s a raging perfectionist. She would openly admit this. And we were talking about how life is such a challenge sometimes. I was reminded of this picture I recently saw on a friend’s Facebook page: We went back […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: facebook, husband, kids, mother, perfection, relationship

My parenting idol is an unwed mother who got knocked up when she was sixteen years old.

January 20, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

I’ve discovered why I love Gilmore Girls so much. And I’ll be honest. It took me a little while to get to this point. To the point of loving the show so much that I now feel the need to pace myself and ration episodes because I know I’m gonna be really depressed when I’ve watched […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Parenting Tagged With: bento box, Common core, declutter, Gilmore Girls, husband, married, mom, organized, parenting

2016. The Year of the Wake Up Call.

December 28, 2016 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Carrie Fisher died yesterday. She was only thirteen years older than me. George Michael died two days before that. He was only fifty-three. Fifty-three. He was younger than my husband! Alan Thicke died two weeks ago at 69. Two years younger than my parents. Prince died in April. He was only 57. I could keep going. […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Alan Thicke, Carrie Fisher, death, depression, George Michael, husband, prince, wak up call, wake up call

To All The Moms At Christmas

December 21, 2016 by not your average mom 7 Comments

My aunt always used to say that Christmas is a woman’s holiday. And she’s totally right. Before I go any further, this post isn’t about bashing dads. And I know there are a handful of fathers out there who do help out with shopping and wrapping and whatever. But for the most part, moms around […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: advent calendars, Christmas, cookies, gingerbread houses, holida, Holiday, husband, presents, Shopping

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

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