“Your husband spends hours, days getting ready for his annual hunting trip. Researching the perfect location where he will get that prize buck. He spends so much 💲💲 every year on new gear and tags you want to cry. There went that new Kitchen Aid you wanted. But he assures you that it’s a good investment because he’ll bring meat home to feed the family all winter.”
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“Do you have dreams waiting?
It’s time. They are ready for you to reach out and grasp them with both hands. That mountain that looks like Everest is high. But it’s not quite as high as you think. It’s possible!”
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“I thought I looked fat and ugly from pregnancy and I couldn’t stand looking at the picture. It made me cringe. It was hidden in the depths of a photo album never given a place of honor. Just stuffed in there with random loose photos.”
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”Have you ever had that moment where you realized you don’t like your child? Maybe even hate him? ”
Read more to decide if I am psycho, or a good mom. . .
”In keeping with the tradition when I started this blog, here is a year’s worth of my children’s ”ism’s,” funny times and more.
The three Wisemen brought gold and Frankenstein right Mom?”
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“Time out has been used as a tool by parents for what seems like forever. Giving a child a few minutes to calm down, reflect on the situation and be ready to try again is something most of us can agree on.
But do you take the time to calm down and reflect too?”
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“We lived for 7 years in Alaska. Our kids were ages three and one and a half when we moved there. It was cold and dark during those winters and that first year we were in a very small apartment. What to do when you’re stuck inside with two small children?” Read more. . .
There is one day a year I claim as my own.
My Birthday.
And Dear Husband, you’re doing it wrong. . . Read more. . .
“Mom’s out there of young children- The job you are doing is hard. Anyone who thinks otherwise doesn’t know what they are talking about. Take care of you. It’s okay to take a nap, a shower, a meal, or to get out of the house without your baby. Our parents survived it, and so did you. So don’t listen to the people who say that you can’t. You can. And your baby will be as perfect as ever.”
My Facebook feed is FILLED with blogs and writers that I love. Reading their words, laughing with them, feeling heard and like someone gets me or has put words to something I have struggled to put words to. They are people who are down to earth and are going to give it to you honestly. Read more. . .
