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April 28, 2020 by not your average mom 8 Comments

Today I got an email from Number 4’s boarding school with all the information about what she needs to do to get ready for her first year. I read through the student handbook. I read about General Tips for Packing and Move-In Day. I read about the Physical Basics. I read about the Emotional Basics. […]

Filed Under: Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: how to let go of your kids, letting go, when you kids leave home

SHE DID IT

March 10, 2020 by not your average mom 18 Comments

A little over two years ago, Number 3 and 4 swam in a swim meet at MIT. Number 3 was twelve years old, and Number 4 was eleven. The meet was trials in the morning with the top twenty kids in each event coming back to swim in finals at night. There were more than […]

Filed Under: Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: letting go, letting your kids go

A Self-Imposed Strike

September 28, 2019 by not your average mom 1 Comment

I just woke up from a three hour nap. I haven’t taken a three hour nap on a Saturday in a very long time. A VERY LONG TIME. Part of that is due to our schedule. We have swim practice on Saturday mornings and baseball games and a lacrosse clinic on Saturday afternoons. Soon we […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Mental Health, Parenting, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: delegating, letting go, mom strike

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

Save the Traumas for these Mamas

January 31, 2014 by not your average mom 4 Comments

You know how I recently had a bit of a nervous breakdown. And how the cavalry swooped in to save me. You know how I got over being stubborn and reached out for help. Yesterday was the second It Takes a Village Thursday. Three of my friends came over to help out. The Trauma Mamas. Last week […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: asking for help, it takes a village, letting go

I guess sometimes it takes a meltdown to have an a-ha moment.

January 11, 2014 by not your average mom 4 Comments

Number 4 came out of the womb like a bat out of hell. She was not normal. She cried a lot. Unless I held her. She didn’t want to sleep much. Unless I held her. She wouldn’t take a bottle. I had to nurse her. It was a little draining at times, but I have […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: letting go, making changes, new chapters

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