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A few months ago I tried to speak with a friend about something troubling my heart. I felt a wedge growing between us and didn’t want it to be there. Maybe it was on my end, maybe it was on hers. Maybe it was both. Finding out seemed to be the most loving thing I…
Our literal first day of school this year was at Disneyland! We spent the morning working hard on our books and then as we finished up lunch I told the kids that we had one thing left to do. It was time for family P.E. and that they had to wear a special hat for…
I hear it all the time. Most often it’s when I’m waiting in line at the grocery store. I listen to the responses of the mamas in front of me. The overly chipper Trader Joe’s cashier will kindly ask, “How are you doing ma’am?” The mama replies, “Fine, I’m tired. These kids are driving me…
I have never before received a subscription box, but I must say it was SUCH a fun surprise! Who doesn’t love opening gifts in the mail?!?! This is the Pop Sugar Must Have Box has been voted the #1 subscription box and I can see why as it was filled with all sorts of little…
Last year was our first year of homeschooling. I really didn’t talk too much about it as the year went on, mainly because I was trying to keep my head above water and it wasn’t going well at all…but I managed to write one post about half way through to give an update after we…
I was talking with a friend the other day who was sharing with me some very painful parts of her early childhood. An only child to an abusive father, a mentally-ill, perfection-driven mother…the loneliness, the shame, the pressure…the results and consequences of living through those circumstances…some of which still linger to this day… She was…