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Every Mom Needs a Meal Train

March 7, 2018 by not your average mom 1 Comment

The first time I received a meal train was a few years ago when my husband had major surgery. Some friends set it up for me so I’d l have one less thing on my plate while he was out of commission. It was one of the best gifts I was ever given. And right […]

Filed Under: Moneysavers, Timesavers Tagged With: birthday presents for moms, chicken parm, chili, how to help a mom after surgery, lasagna, meal train, surgery, the best birthday presents for moms, turkey chili

Surgery Update!

March 6, 2018 by not your average mom 5 Comments

Eight days ago I had a few procedures done — a hysterectomy, a sacrocolpopexy with permanent mesh material, a midurethral sling with permanent mesh material, bilateral salpingectomy, posterior repairs, and other repairs to “bulges” in my, as Number 6 says, privates. Basically my bladder, my uterus and my rectum had prolapsed and crushed my vaginal […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: hysterectomy, meal train, recovery, recuperation from surgery, slowing down, surgery, urogynecologist

All you have to do is ask.

July 8, 2014 by not your average mom 4 Comments

So I’m teetering on the edge of a meltdown again. I know because I am crying for no reason and for every reason. Today at a swim meet, a friend of mine packed some individual packages of pistachios for her kids to have as a snack, and I looked at them and thought, Wow. Imagine […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: accepting help, asking for help, meal train

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