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Seven Mysteries Of Motherhood

1) Why is it that kids drive you absolutely batty but when you're without them for even a small amount of time, you miss them? 2) Why is it that kids always get incredibly thirsty RIGHT before bed? 3) Do kids have some type of sixth sense about when you're about to sit down and get comfortable? Is that why they choose to ask you for something immediately AFTER you plop your butt on the … [Continue reading...]

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An Open Letter To Mom To Be Aubrey Howard

So the 18-year-old daughter of actor Terrance Howard (you know, Hustle & Flow, Pride, Red Tails, etc) got married over the summer and is expecting her first child in a couple weeks. A writer with Clutch magazine wrote a pretty sternly-worded letter to the young bride and soon-to-be mother entitled, "Aubrey Howard, You Have A Lot To Learn." In it, she discusses why she thinks getting married … [Continue reading...]

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How Box Tops For Education Helped Alleviate My “I Don’t Do Enough At My Kids’ School” Guilt

I've already written about how my daughter's first year of school was great except for one thing—I wish I could have been more involved. Since she goes to a small private school, the administration is always asking for help with events, with fundraisers, in the classroom. It gets to be a bit overwhelming and since I'm working from home most of the day, I feel like I'm stuck in this weird space in … [Continue reading...]

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{YML Voices} A Working Mom’s Perspective On Stay-At-Home Moms

by Sarah Tierney I write this to compliment Emily's post on the single mom's perspective of married moms. Emily says, “The job of motherhood is challenging no matter the circumstances, but I don’t see my job being any harder or any easier. But I believe it is important to recognize how amazing moms are on both sides of the relationship status.” Well, Emily, I couldn't have said it better … [Continue reading...]

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{YML Voices} Single Mom Making It On Her Own – Any Advice?

  by Sarah  Single motherhood has taken a whole new meaning for me as of late. After hours spent on the phone with friends and family and banging my head on the wall after I put the kids to sleep, I've come to a life changing decision: it's time to start doing this on my own...for real. For the last two years I've been a co-parenting mom, having the children ninety percent of the … [Continue reading...]

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{YML Voices} A Single Mom’s Perspective On Married Moms

by Emily Lingenfelser I have been a very single momma for quite some time now. I do it all: take out the trash, pay the bills, cook dinner, raise the kid, go to school, bring home the bacon. And constantly I hear people saying, "I don't know how you do it by yourself. I could never be a single mom!" Maybe I have just been in this role for so long that it has become second nature to me, but I … [Continue reading...]

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Wait, I Can’t Be Pregnant *Faints*

So this past month I was three five twenty-seven days late. TWENTY-SEVEN. As someone whose period has been like clockwork for the past three years, scared doesn't even begin to cover it. But two negative pregnancy tests later, my period finally arrived TWENTY-SEVEN days later and I am soo not pregnant. I can breathe. A part of me would look forward to another kid, but a third unplanned … [Continue reading...]

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{YML Voices} Opting Out: Our Decision To Homeschool

I had actually considered homeschooling my children for a while last year. I figured, I was home with them, I love when I teach them something new, so why not homeschool? Well, business got crazy and I felt like I didn't want to shortchange them, but I am still considering it in a few years. I learned that Victoria, one of my YML buddies, homeschools her daughter, I wanted to know more. She … [Continue reading...]

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