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Archive for November, 2010
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Life unplugged
Living life unplugged has both positives and negatives. For nearly a week, I have been mostly unplugged. I’ll remain that way until a complete week has passed. We are staying somewhere with no Internet service, no cell phone service and …
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Make the most of situations
Long car rides are not my child’s favorite thing. I’m pretty sure they’re not any little one’s favorite activity. Sure, she sleeps some and then she plays some, but by hour five or six, she’s ready to be out of …
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The apple doesn’t fall far…
The holidays bring back memories. I was in this mindset the other day when hanging out with my kiddo. Her biggest fascination in the world is books. She loves them dearly. She loves to look at them, hand them to …
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Finding my gratitude
The last few years have held numerous challenges and difficulties in my personal life. Some harder than others. And I’ve struggled. I’ve had moments when I felt like my heart was broken into a million pieces that could never be …
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As long as she doesn’t eat it
This phrase is my new test for whether something is safe for my daughter to play with. At 13 months, she loves to explore her environment and check everything out. At first I’d fret when she’d pick up something to …
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Superwoman
Last week, I wrote about being the perfect mom and the drive to be that perfect mom. I wrote about how life isn’t perfect and we should be honest about it. I droned on and on about how I was …
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I’m no longer a new mom
Considering that my daughter is now nearing 14-months-old, this seems like a logical statement. However, it just sort of hit me on a recent trip to Target.
We were almost to Target. Lexiana was in the backseat, singing her own …
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Veterans Day
With Veterans Day yesterday, I remembered this essay I wrote back in June of 2007 after a visit to Fort Knox. It ran in the Fort Knox newsletter but nowhere else. I’d like to share it in honor of the …
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The perfect life
I’ve been thinking about the perfect mom lately. It came up in my head through a discussion with my husband this weekend. It came up again last night as we were watching ABC’s “No Ordinary Family.” In the …