Kids Remember Love, Not Perfection
When I was younger, I am sure my mother yelled or lost it from time to time though I can’t…
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When I was younger, I am sure my mother yelled or lost it from time to time though I can’t…
Continue ReadingDon't picture them in their underwear. Picture them placing a child's scribbles on their refrigerator, thinking about someone doing the…
Continue ReadingThe baseball diamond is my kids’ happy place. Each year, when spring turns to summer and the warm weather comes…
Continue ReadingRecently, my husband received military orders that moved us and our kids across the country. Of course, this came with…
Continue ReadingOf all the places I will roam, home is forever part of me. I can see the bright, orange poppies…
Continue ReadingShe comes to me with teary eyes, a shaky voice, and stomping feet, “This is dumb! Everything is terrible! I’m…
Continue ReadingIf you were to add up the hours I spent playing Barbies, first as a little girl and then as…
Continue ReadingMy grandmother sits in the same plush chair that my grandfather sat in before he passed. The red reclining chair,…
Continue ReadingSometimes, I think about the future when you are grown and I am gone. When all that's left of me…
Continue ReadingGrowing up our tree was always filled with mismatched ornaments because each year, my mom bought us an ornament as a…
Continue ReadingI never intended to be the mom whose kids have spider friends living above their beds. It all started one night…
Continue ReadingSometimes it’s the little things that can turn out to be the biggest things. Motherhood has made me appreciate the…
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