Second Isn’t So Bad
Let me just get this out of the way: being the second wife and stepmom is hard and not a…
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Let me just get this out of the way: being the second wife and stepmom is hard and not a…
Continue ReadingI have a hard-headed kid. She marches to the beat of her own drum. She doesn’t mind being different. She…
Continue ReadingTo my youngest son, My sweet boy, there are days I feel like my life is just a blur and…
Continue ReadingLast night, I made a run to Target at 8:30 p.m. I needed to pick up a few things for…
Continue ReadingSome days I send my kids to school in a way I’m not proud of. The mornings can be rough. …
Continue ReadingI know what you’re thinking. I’ve thought it as well. It’s lonely. It’s small. It’s not at all what you…
Continue Reading“Momma, can we keep a butterfly as a pet?” My 7-year-old’s eyes were sparkling, already envisioning having a butterfly of…
Continue ReadingI yelled at my kids today, way more than I would have liked to. I’m always told, “Speak to your…
Continue ReadingHalf-awake, I try to make sense of what I hear. It isn’t a child, though it could’ve been. Or an…
Continue ReadingIt was an act of sibling rivalry that set the early morning hour into motion. My voice, still waking from…
Continue ReadingI went for a walk in the snow the other day and behind me, I pulled a sled. My children…
Continue ReadingOh, boys. As I put you to bed this evening—after I tucked you in and left the room—I knew you…
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