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The After School Struggle

September 18, 2017 by not your average mom 7 Comments

I was at a birthday party with Number 7 for a girl in her class on Saturday, and I was sitting next to a mom I’ve never really spoken to. Since it’s the beginning of the school year, she asked me, as people often do in September, how Number 7 was liking school. I told […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: expectations, first grade, kindergarten, school, stamina, struggling

We are all the star of our own shit show.

December 4, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

On Thursday I was coaching swim practice and a mom of one of my swimmers who also happens to read the blog came up to me. And she said, “I just want to thank you. Your blog helps so many of us who are struggling.” She gave me a hug. A big, warm, strong hug […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Parenting Tagged With: depression, kindness, pool, share, shit, show, struggling

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