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5 Parenting Truths I’ve Learned from My Husband
This year my husband shared a birthday with Mother’s Day. He’s been just the tiniest bit overlooked for most of our parenting life because his birthday falls so close to Mother’s Day, and all these boys in our house would much rather celebrate Mama than Daddy. So I...
My Kids Are Trying to Kill Me
I guess there are some good things about a broken foot.
Children love in invisible ways
Sometimes we don’t feel so loved, because we feel a little put-upon and stretched thin and unappreciated. But children love in a thousand silent ways.
This is What Happens When You Leave a Pile of Crap on the Stairs
Remember that mess on the stairs? It can really trip you up.
Dear Boys: Go Ahead. Do It. Play Across Those Gender Lines.
The other day I walked outside to call my boys in for dinner, and this is what I found. Some men might find this something close to offensive. I am married to a man who does not worry about four of his six sons playing with Barbies and My Little Pony. We just smiled...
“I Wish I Could Be a Dog”
Impossible wishes Hosea (4): "I love Ellie so much. I wish I was a dog so I could marry her." Another sex talk gone wrong. Jadon (8): "Mama, are we going to ever have another baby?" Mama: "No, Mama and Daddy are done." Boys: "Awwwwwww!" Jadon: "How do you stop having...
The Thing About Mom Guilt
This week my husband and I attended a creative conference in Georgia. The baby was too young to stay with family or friends, so we took him with us. Every time I had to feed him, I hid out in the bathroom. I made his bottle while hunched in a bathroom stall so I...
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