Kindergarten is the Start of Letting You Go
We’re physically ready for kindergarten. We’ve got the backpack, the school supplies, the school clothes, and the new shoes. We’ve…
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We’re physically ready for kindergarten. We’ve got the backpack, the school supplies, the school clothes, and the new shoes. We’ve…
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Continue ReadingSetting your babies free is not easy like a day at the beach. When they’re little, splashing joyfully on the…
Continue ReadingMotherhood. The world does not adequately prepare you for all that role truly encompasses. Sure, they tell you many things like: …
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Continue ReadingIn less than two weeks, my oldest son will be a fifth-grader and my youngest son will excitedly enter the…
Continue ReadingI’m not going to lie, I was completely and utterly unprepared for my teenager’s booming social life. I mean, we…
Continue ReadingThis is me, loving you, my big kid. Biting my tongue and biding my time. Thinking. And waiting. And it’s…
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