When You Live with a Teen and a Tween
I live with a tween and a teen. The last of their baby canines and molars are falling out faster…
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I live with a tween and a teen. The last of their baby canines and molars are falling out faster…
Continue ReadingI’d like to say I’m a super organized, type-A, Pinterest-savvy rock star when it comes to keeping track of the…
Continue ReadingKids grow up and move out. But while some people might look forward to an empty nest, I am not…
Continue ReadingSometime during my first pregnancy, my doctor handed me a folder containing a wealth of information. In it was a…
Continue ReadingI love a good checklist. What I love more is checking items off said checklist, and sometimes even cheating by…
Continue ReadingIt’s the little things, seemingly inconsequential tasks, that suddenly lead to bigger revelations. My youngest son is 15, and during…
Continue ReadingAs women, we're warned about the dangers of toxic shock syndrome, or TSS, from the time we're teenagers. I clearly…
Continue ReadingI thought because I’ve taught teenagers for almost 20 years, I’d be ready for the teenage years with my own…
Continue Reading18 will hug you . . . if you ask. 18 will send you funny TikToks. 18 will not make…
Continue ReadingDear Mom, Six thousand, five hundred and seventy days. It's hard to believe I've lived for 6,570 days, and now…
Continue ReadingIt felt like the little years would last forever. He would always need me for something, no matter the time…
Continue ReadingI remember the exact moment it hit me. My newborn daughter, swaddled in a receiving blanket, was cradled in my…
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