It is a well-established fact around my house that I am a mean mom, and I am OK with that. I think of it as a superpower. I spent many years doing everything for my kids. I fed, burped, rocked, and cuddled them at the drop of a hat. I changed their diapers day and night. I operated on little…
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5 Things I Don’t Do For My Kids (Because I am Mean)
On Frequent Moves and Establishing Roots
Frequent moves have become a way of life for us. In the nearly 19 years that Greg and I have been married, we have moved nine times. The longest we have stayed in any one place is four years. At just over three years in our current home, we are quickly approaching our record. While there is a part of…
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Reflections on Raising a Spirited Child
He was seven years old and as headstrong as they come. A perfectionist to the core, he could not handle being wrong, which meant that he did not know how to take punishments in stride; they were always grounds for war. On this particular blustery October evening, that intelligent and willful boy with the disheveled brown hair and penetrating chocolate eyes had worked himself…
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What Easter Means to Me
From the time that I was a child, my parents and church leaders taught me about the meaning of Easter. I learned that it was not about the Easter Bunny and colored eggs; it was a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Although I knew about the resurrection and its place in the Easter holiday, I did not fully…
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We Were Born to Shine
For much of the past week, the flu gripped me like a vice, leaving me feeling defenseless. It has been many years since I felt so thoroughly miserable. While enveloped in the fog of fever from which I have finally emerged, my thoughts got away from me into a place that I do not like to visit – a dark and lonely place…
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3 Reasons Our Teens Are Not on Social Media
As I attempt to muddle through the process of raising kids in this age of technology, I am often grateful that I did not grow up in such a time. While technology is beneficial in so many ways, sometimes it seems to make things more complicated. I will admit that I am simply feeling my way through this process of raising…
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Motherhood is Making Something Out of Me
A few days ago, I gathered around the TV with my husband and three teenagers to watch American Idol after the little kids were tucked snugly into bed. It was not supposed to bring such tender feelings to the surface. Kelly Clarkson took the stage at the end of the show, singing an emotional song called “Piece by Piece” that left both her and the judges in tears. While…
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