Moms, You Need Time With Your Friends, Too
Monday: Picnic and play at the park. Tuesday: Swim and popsicles at the pool. Wednesday: Storytime at the library. Thursday: Invite friends over to…
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I Need a Break, But I Never Take One
You know, there’s something funny about being a mom. We desperately need a break from our kids, but we aren’t taking them. We have hard, and I…
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Dear Husband of an Overwhelmed Wife: She Needs a Break
Alright hubbies, listen up! It’s just before the school year starts, it’s been the longest summer eeeever. Your wife is probably feeling…
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To the Mom Chasing Perfection, Be Kind To Yourself
Imagine standing in a hot room in June, you are sweaty, sleep-deprived, and starving because for the last 24 hours you have barely slept and have had…
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You Can Live For Others For a Long Time, But You Can’t Do it Forever
I entered adulthood with an entire luggage cart of baggage from a fractured childhood. There was the time from before my parents’ divorce and…
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Take the Girls’ Trip
I’m going to say something that is not the most popular thing for a wife and/or mother to say but… Sometimes I need a break. A break from my…
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This Is the Year to Find Yourself Again, Mama
I became a mom nearly four-and-a-half years ago when my husband and I welcomed a sweet son into this world. Baby number one was quickly followed by…
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Why Tired Moms Stay Up Late
I got up around 5:30 this morning. I do that five days a week so I can get my son to daycare and my daughter to school before I report to work at…
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I Fear I’ve Lost Myself To Motherhood
I always wanted to be a mom. Heck, I think I played babies and house until I was a tween. After that it was babysitting. And then working with kids…
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You Carry Your Children’s Burdens—But Who’s Carrying Yours?
I was talking to my sister the other day, and she told me her teenage daughters (the two older of her four children) had both been crying the…
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