Sometimes the Middle Child Needs a Little Extra Love
Mamas, look after your middles. Those babies who are born second, third, fourth or so in the birth order. The…
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Mamas, look after your middles. Those babies who are born second, third, fourth or so in the birth order. The…
Continue ReadingWhen a screech owl moved into our owl house outside the kitchen window earlier this winter, I felt lucky. I enjoyed…
Continue ReadingIt's not often I swear at a greeting card company, but after the beautiful emotional blackmail that is their Mother's…
Continue ReadingThank you for sharing your child with me this school year. August is a natural high for teachers. We work…
Continue ReadingThe other night was marked by my 6-year-old daughter’s mega meltdown. I racked my brain for any way to help…
Continue ReadingThis Sunday is Mother's Day. It's supposed to be all about "us"—our day to be thanked for the "love we've…
Continue ReadingI grew up in a family where spanking was a regular form of discipline. It wasn't frowned upon in our…
Continue ReadingI’m not discounting finding love again or finding it later in life. I’m not saying blended families aren’t beautiful, or…
Continue Reading"Mom, why can't we hang from power lines?" "But mom, where does power come from?" "Mama, why can birds sit…
Continue ReadingI'm not the mom I thought I would be. I always thought I'd be the mom who showed her girls…
Continue ReadingMy little girl, You are too young to understand this now, but one day years from now you may find…
Continue ReadingDiscipline is always a hard topic. Everyone does it differently, and everyone has an opinion. As for me, I do…
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