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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The one where I get all the presents on my daughter’s first birthday

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I unwrap a gift today. Tenderly. There is crisp, pink tissue paper and tiny fingers. A small foot. A pair of dimples. Cherry blossom love kisses the sky and my daughter’s cheeks. My daughter. There you are. One full year of memories. All those midnight hours and aching bones and swaying shoulders and desperate prayers [...]

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This is so weird, but I’m just gonna get over myself and ask anyway…

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So, have you heard of the website, Simple Mom? It’s fabulous. My friend Tsh is the awesome sauce behind it. And as part of Simple Mom she hosts a podcast called Home Fries. Tomorrow she’s interviewing me. And she said we should see if there’s anything in particular folks would like to know, about, well, [...]

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What women moms want

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When I’m reeealllly tired and my brain starts to wonder far, far away from our Cheerio-encrusted floor, these are the things I day-dream about: To go to the bathroom without an audience A hot meal Not to have to cut up any food but their own Make up that hasn’t been repurposed as face paint [...]

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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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Why you should never take your ordinary for granted

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It’s easy for life to start to feel small. To feel caught on a hamster wheel of wake up, breakfasts and packed lunches, a load of laundry, the dishes from last night, vacuum, work, write, tweet, connect, call, walk to Kindergarten to pick up kids, panic about dinner, serve it, wipe down counters, wrestle pajamas [...]

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Sometimes our kids don’t need us to teach, but to listen

February 29, 2012

{This started out as a Five Minute Friday post. I liked it. And then I wanted to edit it a bit. And finish it. So I did.} He holds his heart as we wait at the red line in the immigration queue. His face has a puzzled look. Passports slide back our way and we [...]

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100 Ways to Encourage a New Mom

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The last of my three kids will turn one next month. I didn’t expect I would be this sad or this gut-busting happy at every change in her either. There’s nothing like the baby year and the friends who encourage you through it. Thank you to everyone who encouraged me through each of my three [...]

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