Category: Parenting
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Pagan Mommy in a Christian World
As long as I can remember, I walked off the normal path. I was always seen as different, strange, and could never fit in when I was a child. I tried wearing the same clothes, listening to the same music, talking with the same slang (slang always made my head hurt) and no matter what…
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I’m tired of stuff
I have five hobbies I can think of off the top of my head. I sew, do crafts with my kids, make candles, read, write and garden.(candles and crafts are pretty much one in the same) I have a few things I’d love to pick up- kayaking and working out. I belong to several decluttering…
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“I can’t keep plants alive”
I’ve heard that “argument” for not having kids a few times. I have to ask, is that a true worry or is that one of the random “excuses” people feel they are forced to come up with when they don’t want kids (by the way, the only valid excuse should be “because I don’t want…
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My writing has been featured
A while back I submitted a “Share your story” post about losing my Cassandra to Pickle & Poppet. They submitted the post to “ABloggingGoodTime” and they selected it as their featured post this past week.
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Three year olds say some of the funniest things
My three year old has my imagination. She is always someone different. Yesterday, she was Doc McStuffins and I was her patient. “You have a bleed on your cheek. When your cheek has a bleed on it, I’ll get some cheek paste for the bleed.” She got sick one day, I’m guessing from drinking too…
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Participation trophies and ribbons
One thing people are always screaming about are how Millennials grew up getting participation trophies, so that makes us “entitled” and that makes us think we deserve more than we do. It makes me think of when I was in school, when we had competitions and I didn’t place, I wanted to be invisible. I…
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I’m doing a challenge this month
From a woman I met on Twitter, Thoughts with N from over on Blogspot. She came up with the “Self Care Challenge” which includes different little things to do for yourself throughout the month. Today’s is to read, which goes perfect with one personal goal I have to read a little bit more than I…
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The number one piece of advice I would give anyone who hasn’t had kids yet
Men and women are pressured, maybe equally, maybe women a little more to have kids. Once college is over and a career is started, a common question seems to become “when are you getting married?” Soon after marriage, the question that seems to come is “when are you having kids?” It’s a concern a lot…
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Christmas Traditions
Since starting a family, almost 8 years ago, I’ve been thinking about different holiday traditions. As a young child, we got together with my mom’s side of the family a lot and not my dad’s that often. When my grandma died (I was 13), we stopped getting together so much but I have a couple…
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I tried Hello Fresh
So, I heard quite a bit about the company and read several paid reviews. I also read it’s overrated but I got ahold of a 25.00 off 2 week so I decided to give it a try. My first issue was that nothing specifically stated “gluten or dairy” either free or in the ingredients, so…