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The Broken Arm: A Parent’s Perspective

Life is so fragile. Your entire world can change in an instant that you never saw coming. You could be lazily hanging out at the side of the splash pad, rotating your field of vision to capture both of your small children running about on the concrete, when suddenly you look over at one of…

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Dear, Son. Things I Must Say Before You go to College

#NowANole #FSU2024

I didn’t know what I was doing when I made the decision to keep you, all I knew was that I had to do “it” right. I was young and knew I would spend the rest of my life proving that I could do the very thing that I had no idea how to do….

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My Teenager Wouldn’t go to a Party and I Feel Like I Failed at Parenting

Prom 2018

Prom. The night of a zillion lost virginities, underage drinking, and general debauchery. Unless you’re my son, of course. I wasn’t a big drinker in high school and JDHS was exceptionally good at putting together fun activities to keep us out of trouble. Maybe that’s just how much of a party animal I wasn’t. I…

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The Worst Days in Parenting

Today ranks right up there as one of the worst days in parenting history. It is right up there with some of the most difficult days when the littles were toddlers and Styles was a sulking middle schooler. They tell you that it gets better, but they’re all liars. It never gets better, not really….

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No Room For Favoritism

No room for favoritism, what if I have a favorite child?

I’ve never been under the illusion that being a parent would be easy, or that I would be super great at it, or that it would even come naturally for me. When my second child was born, eight years after the first, I wondered how I could possibly love two separate beings equally. Then the…

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I Didn’t Want to be a Mom – #NakedMoms

This isn’t difficult for me to write about, but it might be difficult for people to read, I dunno. In the spirit of keeping things transparent around here, I figured I’d just be honest about my stance on motherhood and how I got where I am. I was asked to join a fantastic group of…

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Living the Ordinary Life

I haven’t been writing much lately, and it’s not for lack of inspiration, but more for lack of time, and in respect for my own privacy. I know, right? Me? Private? Yeah right. Believe me, it’s only because I’m trying to keep The Nerd safe for a few more weeks. This blog is my space…

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Love is Spelled T-I-M-E

For 5 years, it was just Styles and me.  I was a single, working mom who was also a full time college student.  We didn’t have a whole ton of time together but I really tried to maximize the time that we had together.  Every Sunday we went on dates to the movies, a restaurant…

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“Bad Parenting” Techniques That I Practice Daily: Part 2

“Bad Parenting” Techniques That I Practice Daily: Part 1 started off as a 10 item list but because it was so stinking long, I broke it into two parts.  You are graced today with Part 2.  This one is sure to knock a few socks off. “Bad Parenting” Technique #6:  No Doctor is (sometimes) the…

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“Bad Parenting” Techniques That I Practice Daily: Part 1

All the perfect parents, raise your hands! I hope not a single one of you raised so much as a fingernail. I’m not perfect and I don’t claim to be.  I am learning just like the next parent, and one of the biggest lessons that I have taken away from parenthood is that each child…

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