Because sometimes reading someone else’s story can be like coming home

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We are the sum total of our stories. So when we sit down at the computer and open a vein we offer life to someone else. We pour out what we’ve learned or failed to learn as a lifeline to someone else. We offer our stories across computer screens, transfusion-like. On Wednesday morning I re-live [...]

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In which I podcast about crushed Cheerios, my middle name and Downton Abbey

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Remember that one time I told you I was going to do a podcast with Tsh from Simple Mom? And you all sent fun question ideas? Well, it happened and you can listen along with us as I talk about my middle name, why I don’t think I’m cool enough to be a “Rachel” and [...]

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The Cheerleader for Tired Moms {a free printable & EBook announcement!}

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I think motherhood should come with a super hero cape and a cheerleader. My {free} ebook The Cheerleader for Tired Moms might be the next best thing. Enter your email address and it’s coming your way just before Mother’s Day! Delivered by Click here to download a free copy of your own personal cheerleader, because [...]

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When they ask you what you did today

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“So,” he asks me. “What did you do today?” And I think about lists checked off and conference calls and the crock pot I had to run through the dishwasher and still rinse out by hand. I think about the four rooms that I vacuumed and the EBook cover design I’m excited about. I think [...]

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Five Minute Friday: Loud

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UPDATED: Hey gang, my humblest apologies for the misbehaving linky today. I heard they had a crash on their server and we’re all feeling the ripple effects. But the linky elves are trying to fix it and I hope it will be back to behaving properly again soon. In the meantime, feel free to leave [...]

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On surviving the crush of the morning rush

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It occurs to me how much I miss on the days when I’m frustrated. On the days when I hurry them through brushing teeth and climbing bunk bed ladders and demands for just one more sip of water. On evenings when I rush and mutter and long for the solace of bed and laptop and [...]

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Sometimes Valentine’s comes in March

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Give me a man who’s there at midnight when the mercury pushes over 100. Give me a man who isn’t afraid of croup and will sit in the bathroom for long steamy shifts with the shivering, hacking boy as they both breathe in the healing steam of the shower. Give me a man who knows [...]

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“Because words can build a bridge” or “Why I blog and why you should too”

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Two years and one job ago. I sat across from the man I love on the bed we’ve loved in since we were first married ten years before. I sat and smacked fist into palm and said it again and again and again, “But this can’t be what I’m supposed to do with my life.” [...]

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On seeing our {kids’} mistakes in perspective

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My first born, he’s just like me. Starts the day out with a gold ribbon ceremony for showing honor, courage, responsibility at school and all he can think about is the reprimand that ended his school day. All praise clouded out by a finger shaken in his direction. His breath fogs up the glasses that [...]

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What a mother needs to keep running so that she doesn’t end up running away

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I’m a mini van-driving mom. And I love it. Both being a mom and my sky blue mini van with enough room for another parent, my three kids, a couple of their friends and all the random collection of back packs, soccer balls, swords and snacks that inevitably make the journey with us. This week [...]

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