I am not one who particularly enjoys posting on a 'hot to trot' topic like the ones currently trending on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook; but I feel that I have no choice given the hatred being spewed in oh- so -many directions. There are some days where I just want to ignore the news outlets…
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Mommy Wars
*WARNING: The following contains controversial topics of conversation. Proceed at own risk of being offended. There are many different parenting styles, philosophies on child-rearing and all kinds of moms out there: crunchy, attachment, helicopter, working outside the home, stay at home, breast-feeding, bottle-feeding, Pinterest-y, Pinterest failing , pro-vacciners and anti-vaxxers...the list goes on. We seem to…
Blog Posts That Consist of Lists and Have the Subject Matter in the Title Get Shared More Often: {bogus} Study Finds.
My news feed is full of {shared} articles consisting of lists. Systematic procedures encouraging unsuspecting readers to be better; better at wife-ing, mother-ing, parent-ing, career-ing, exercise-ing, cook-ing--anything and everything. Don't get me wrong, I have found some valuable advice and thought provoking ideas among these posts. However, I have found that they are missing some…
Balancing Act
My definition of 'clean' has changed over the years. There was a time where I would have thought 'clean' meant clean. Now, I define it as: "an area where you can see some carpet and most of the trash is in a can" Case and point: this past weekend my kids took a container of sprinkles and…
Wrongin’ to Right
Everyday that I am with my little people I wonder how I am doing as a parent. Am I instilling the values I want to instill? Am I teaching them to be faithful, obedient, compassionate, strong and flexible? I have no idea. I know that today I failed my daughter. Getting ready for school she…


