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Happy Little Bits of #Whitespace Christmas
Having a whitespace (less stressed) Christmas sounded really good on a blog post, didn’t it? Ha-ha-ha. In reality, I’ve been very very busy. However, not too stressed, so, there’s that. I have said no…
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Redemption Stories: A Time of Need and the Friendship I Gained
Christmastime last year was a very difficult one for me. My husband was working a low-end temporary job making $15 an hour – with no time off for the holidays (not even Thanksgiving…
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Redemption Stories {A New Blog Series}
I think that there's still a way to keep telling my story. To keep sharing openly and vulnerably. To shift focus more onto the beauty and still honor others in the telling.
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Bite for bite: a dinnertime strategy for picky eaters
Rather than giving an incentive such as desert for eating dinner, reward bite-for-bite with foods that are desirable to the child.
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I’m dreaming of a white(space) Christmas
I urge you - mom's especially - to take some time (before we get all caught up in it all) and evaluate what you want Christmas to look like for you. Make sure…
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9 lessons learned from mothering through fatigue
I am continually in awe of the tired moms who land here every day, at the posts from the archives about mothering tired that continue to get sometimes hundreds of hits every day,…
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Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 11.10.14
It's been quite some time since the last edition, and there is so much beauty to share.
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Shifting Focus {and how my blogging might need to change}
And then I find myself saying, "At some point, it can't be all about me anymore." I think I feel this shift coming - this dichotomy between what my blog is and what…
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He came home
And now the deployments seem like barely a blip on our timeline. A distant memory that only seems strong when I'm Already There comes on the radio and at Christmastime when the music…
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What if I’ve been telling my story all wrong? {takeaways from Allume 2014}
But what about the wake - the ripples and waves and spray and foam that toss and tumble about from the path cut by the ferry on this journey of healing through telling…