Parenting is Cruel So I left work early last week. I rushed home to be there in time for when my middle schooler got off the bus. I know she doesn’t like to be home alone. After slipping off my heels, catching my breath, and eagerly waiting to hear how the first day went, I …
Dear Special Needs Mom, First off let me start by telling you, that you are a Badass! Yes, I’m talking to you. I know you probably just rolled your eyes or brushed off that compliment. I know I used to, every time someone gave me a compliment. I surely didn’t feel like a badass. Or …
My Son Doesn’t Care That He Is Being Teased, But I Do My son gets teased at school and he doesn’t even care. Honestly, it’s one of the coolest things about him, but then, he’s a pretty cool kid. At 11 years old and just starting middle school, he loves his new school and loves …
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I started my week with a debilitating migraine and nausea that ended with a respiratory virus and symptoms of sore throat, fever, chills, body aches, dry heaving, stomach pain, hacking cough and lethargy. During the middle of the week two of my children were sick and by the weekend my husband joined in on the fun. Parenting sick …
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There are times when I feel like I’m holding it together then there is other times I’m faking it till I make it. I live a lot of time in a facade of acting like everything’s fine I could’ve won an academy award by now! And the Oscar goes to Jeanine for her role in …
As National Puppy Day approaches (March 23 in case you’re heartless), it’s important for the sanity of parents everywhere to remember and distinguish the difference between owning a pet and birthing a child. Yes, I was once a childless pet-owner, too; so I understand the frustration of occasionally getting up in the middle of the …
There are aspects of child-raising that we, as parents, grow to love. And hate. But love ’em or hate ’em, we need them. To survive. [bctt tweet=”6 love-hate relationships that tell the tale of motherhood. #momlife #motherhood @21stcenturysahm”] Editor’s Note: We are happy to have Karen Johnson who is an editor and free-lance writer. on the …
The endless job of being mom – and why that’s so great! Moms are officially running the whole show. I said it, but you already knew it. They’ve got us eighteen years to life. You signed and dated the contract. The job description is endless as well as the hours. Your work will start and …
So I decided to try and get a handle on the family room on Saturday and part of that meant emptying the two baskets under the coffee table in order to remove all the things that had landed there that don’t belong. I asked the kids to help, and within five minutes they had carried …
