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Daddy…I love you, Mommy…I am hungry

In most parenting relationships there is the fun parent, and there is the enforcer parent. In my parenting relationship with my husband, he is the fun parent, and I am the...

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I love you, now get out

My son turns 18 today.  EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD. What the F*&%? Like seriously, what happened?  Ya ya, time flies and all that, but the real problem is… I AM NOT GETTING THAT OLD. I seriously remember,...

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Is this really happening?

Today…for a moment.. Things smelled different. Better. Beautiful. Things felt different. Softer. Comforting. Things looked different. Vibrant. Dazzling. I was filled with an unrecognizable feeling of...

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Hand over the MOTHER of the YEAR award..again

This year was no different than last year when it comes to the first day of school.  Well, except I have only ONE kid in ‘school’. One started college, and two are too young. Isn’t my 6th grader...

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Dirty LIAR

I found out something about myself the other day.  I found out that I am a LIAR.  Not the I-don’t-want-to-hurt-your-feelings-so-I-tell-a-white-lie kind (though I am SO that kind too), but the kind that...

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Chores without complaints

If you are a dog lover (or animal lover in general)…you may not want to proceed.  If you do…I don’t wanna hear it…and I warned you.   In our house chores are a given.  Not the kind one gets paid for- I...

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Where did I go?

I need to have a talk with my hormone doctor. Yesterday I cried like a baby.  Cause I saw a poor young man on the side of the road, clearly stressed out about a small car accident.  And I immediately...

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My version of 50 Shades

My family and I just returned from Great Wolf Lodge.  If you don’t know what that is, it’s a giant indoor water park/hotel/arcade that is designed so that literally everything is kid friendly. From the...

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I am such a FAKE

I am many thousands of feet up in the air.  No, I don’t know how many thousands, and I don’t care to know how many thousands.  It is enough to know that it is too many.  Like way too many.  It is not...

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Mommy guilt bites ass

I think it is so sweet my friends think I am a good mother.  And my dear husband always tells me too (let’s be real..what else is he gonna do..if he wants to live a long happy life?). If being a good...

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