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Four New Attempts To Save My Sanity

As I scrambled to get to class last week, I finally realized that what I am attempting—the Superwoman, Superstudent, Superwife routine— just is not working. Add in Superparent now that my daughter has started school and I'm literally jumping from one thing to the other, with little time to catch my breath. While I've always talked about putting yourself first, it's just now hitting me that I … [Continue reading...]

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On Motherhood: “The Days Are Long But The Years Are Short”

I'm writing this on a Thursday night, and I swear it feels like Friday. Or maybe I just wish it was. My body aches, and my brain has turned to mush. This week actually kicked off this weekend, when I had to rush my daughter to the ER on Saturday for an asthma attack that wouldn't respond to her inhaler or nebulizer. Spent the rest of the holiday weekend nursing her back to health and getting … [Continue reading...]

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Dear Baby Girl: Your First Two Weeks Of School Have Been…

Dear Princess,  Girl, your mother is worn out! We're coming up on week three of kindergarten (KINDERGARTEN!) and I'm just adjusting. Yes, I'm still adjusting, whereas you seem to have taken to school like a fish to water. You get up in the morning without complaint, pull on your favorite navy blue jumper (which you insist on wearing every day), toss your bookbag on your back, and bounce out the … [Continue reading...]

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I Didn’t (Want Anyone To) Know I Was Pregnant

  If you didn't know, I am probably the world's number 1 Beyonce fan. (Okay,  maybe number two.) So when I found out she was pregnant I'm not ashamed to admit I was as happy for her as I would be for an actual family member. This part right at here at the 4:21 mark? I lost it! Get More: 2011 VMA, Music, Beyoncé She looked so damn happy to be pregnant and when they panned to … [Continue reading...]

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My Theme Song At The Moment (So What If It’s From A Cartoon Movie?)

It's all I can think about these days. My life is a blur of Go here, do this, make dinner, email a form, return a call, work til 2 a.m., sleep four hours, get ready for class, take the kids to the park, find time to kiss my husband - boom. I feel like a hamster on a wheel but I'm going to keep pushing. One day I will be working for the heck of it, not because we're depending on a paycheck. One … [Continue reading...]

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Who Says Young Parents Don’t Get Involved?

My daughter starts kindergarten in a little more than three weeks and I'm already feeling those stomach butterflies when you're on the verge of something huge. She's still four and won't be five until the end of November, so I'm a little concerned about her not getting lost in the shuffle and feeling comfortable in this new setting. I've deemed August "Kindergarten Boot Camp Month" because … [Continue reading...]

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The Good, Bad and The Ugly Of The Work-At-Home Mom Life

I'm coming up on the eight-month mark of self-employment and have had some time to reflect on how far I've come since last December, when I was shaking in my boots with nothing but two months' pay, hope and prayer. A lot of people ask me what I do in my "real life" aka what I do outside the blog and it's a lot: I'm a freelance writer/blogger, meaning I write articles for other sites and … [Continue reading...]

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{Fearless Friday} If You Limit Yourself, It’s Over Before It Starts

Today is Day 2 of the Student Parent Support Symposium and I am having a blast so far. There are so many innovative programs people are creating for student-parents - I am blown away truly. One of the highlights of Day 1 was getting to meet some student-parents themselves. Tamar Carr, a senior at Ohio State, impressed me so much. She showed us this brief video she created to present the real … [Continue reading...]

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