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The Challenges and Blessings of Virtual School

The Challenges and Blessings of Virtual School

  • Post author:Tina Seamon
  • Post published:February 22, 2021
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Virtual online learning this past year has both been a challenge and a blessing. Here's why. Challenging Days I didn’t feel like doing any online learning with my son today.…

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“What did you accomplish all day, mama?”

“What did you accomplish all day, mama?”

  • Post author:Danielle Sherman-Lazar
  • Post published:February 17, 2021
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Are you ever asked what you did all day because, really, the house looked like the same mess it was this morning?  There were still piles of clothes on the…

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Sometimes moms just need to run on autopilot

Sometimes moms just need to run on autopilot

  • Post author:Regan Long
  • Post published:February 10, 2021
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I’m tired. Like really, really tired. I don’t wear make-up often. Some days there’s not enough concealer in the world that could hide the bags beneath my eyes, and I…

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When your “just” is more than enough

When your “just” is more than enough

  • Post author:Regan Long
  • Post published:February 3, 2021
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I feel like I'm overdue to give you all a super inspirational post. You know, a really "feel good" piece of writing that leaves you feeling happy and warm inside. …

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When Closet Cleaning Becomes A Nostalgic Trip Down Memory Lane

When Closet Cleaning Becomes A Nostalgic Trip Down Memory Lane

  • Post author:Sydnei Kaplan
  • Post published:February 2, 2021
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Cleaning out our closets can be an emotional experience. A trip down memory lane. A clearing out of the physically or emotionally outgrown to make room for the new. New…

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When My One-Year-Old Imitated Me – and Cussed
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When My One-Year-Old Imitated Me – and Cussed

  • Post author:Wendy Jackson
  • Post published:January 20, 2021
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I remember when my oldest, Will, was learning to talk. His first word was appropriately 'ball' as we constantly played ball with our puppy. He soon said 'Dada' changing the…

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The Day My Son Met Me

The Day My Son Met Me

  • Post author:Regan Long
  • Post published:January 19, 2021
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My son is 8 weeks old, and yet today ... we just met for the first time. Yes, after 2 months of being with him day and night, this afternoon…

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One State Attempting to Legislate ‘Free-Range’ Parenting

One State Attempting to Legislate ‘Free-Range’ Parenting

  • Post author:Kristina Hernandez
  • Post published:January 18, 2021
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Legislators in Idaho decided one of the first orders of business of 2021 would be to draft a proposed law that would give 'free-range' parenting more leeway in letting their children experience…

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I’m tired of having a baby in my arms

I’m tired of having a baby in my arms

  • Post author:Guest Post
  • Post published:December 31, 2020
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I wanted to be a mom for as long as I can remember. My mom ran a daycare out of her house and I was always surrounded by babies and…

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12 Aspirations for Motherhood into 2021

12 Aspirations for Motherhood into 2021

  • Post author:Regan Long
  • Post published:December 29, 2020
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As we embrace a new year and a new season, what is one of the first things we do? We think of all the things we want to change or…

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Some days, this is what motherhood looks like

Some days, this is what motherhood looks like

  • Post author:Regan Long
  • Post published:December 27, 2020
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Some days this is what motherhood looks like. It’s simply letting them cry as every other option didn’t work to console them. Did they nap too long? Are they still…

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Mothers, I see you. You are not invisible.

Mothers, I see you. You are not invisible.

  • Post author:Guest Post
  • Post published:December 26, 2020
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Can I tell you something super random? I have always told my children that if they ever get lost—at the grocery store, or an airport, or Disney World—they need to…

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