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To the Finger Wagging Lady

June 24, 2016 by not your average mom 4 Comments

This morning I brought the kids to swim practice at the town beach. The town beach is on a lake, and the parking lot is across the street. There is a big crosswalk and a two-way stop sign for traffic on the road. People know and expect to have to wait a while at that […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: finger wagging lady, judge judy, judgmental

Dear Michelle

April 28, 2015 by not your average mom 19 Comments

Dear Michelle, Thank you so much for your message in response to the post I wrote yesterday about the embarrassing incident I had at Costco . Before I go on, I should probably share it so all of my readers can see what I’m talking about: I’m sorry but why on earth would you have 7 kids […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Parenting, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: being vulnerable, EBT cards, judge judy, predicting the future, SNAP

A word (or nine hundred) to the so-called “wise.”

September 22, 2013 by not your average mom 24 Comments

I’m just a girl writing a blog. A girl, with a bunch of kids, writing a blog. A girl, with a bunch of kids, whom she loves very much, writing a blog. But I am also a girl, with a bunch of kids, whom she sometimes wants to lock in a closet. Or wrap in […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all, judge judy, judging others

You Make Me Feel Normal

June 25, 2013 by not your average mom 5 Comments

Yesterday I got a message from a reader. First off, I have to tell you that I’ve started and stopped this message probably a dozen or more times. Two words. Self confidence. Life is kind of a bitch when you don’t have it. Aww. I’ve been there. I think we all have. I kept reading. […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: exhaustion, haters, judge judy, parenting

She’s just not that into me.

April 28, 2013 by not your average mom 11 Comments

When I started writing this blog, my first goal was to get a comment on it from a complete stranger. Not my aunt. Or cousin. Not a friend,  former co-worker,  or teammate. Someone I had never met. It didn’t take too long for that to happen. Then I found out about Facebook pages. I had […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: banned from facebook, judge judy, judgemental people, judging, the Bible

Order in the court.

April 24, 2013 by not your average mom 28 Comments

Nothing brings out the black robe and gavel in people like a picture of a sagging, filled-to-capacity diaper. I first realized that last summer when I wrote this in response to a pretty judgmental comment left by someone who didn’t like this: Then yesterday I posted this picture on the not your average mom facebook page: Come on. […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: diapers, judge judy, judging, potty training

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