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Saying Yes Even When It Is Hard

Saying Yes Even When It Is Hard

April 1, 2017

Sometimes being the mom you want to be comes down to saying yes even when it is hard.  It's saying yes when all you really want to do is say no, but you are able to look beyond the reasons and give in anyway. It's 50 degrees outside with not a stitch of sunlight as far as the eye can see.  It's warmer than it's been the past 3 months, no doubt.   But it's certainly not ...

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we are failing moms

The Real Way We Are Failing Other Moms

May 5, 2016

There's a lot of talk these days about mommy wars and "SAHM vs Working mothers" but I believe the lack of a simple admission is the real way we are failing moms.  We have the opportunity (daily I bet) to admit we are just as lost as the next mom and yet we put on a facade and act like we have it together.  When clearly I don't. We had just dropped her big sister off at school and ...

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