“Life is better being a mom.”

Do What You Have To Do
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Do What You Have To Do

Hey mama, are you struggling to get through your day? Are you just not having it with the tantrums, refusals of naps, potty training mishaps, or fighting between children? Well, you are not alone, and I'm here to tell you to do what you gotta do!

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The Never Ending Chaos of Motherhood
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The Never Ending Chaos of Motherhood

Motherhood is great, but one thing you will never hear is a mom tell you that it's easy. Whether you're a mother of one or ten, you'll definitely understand what I'm talking about when I say that it doesn't matter the amount of kids we have, the chaos surrounds us all.

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Letting Your Kids Go Is Tough
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Letting Your Kids Go Is Tough

Our kids are growing up faster than we'd like to admit. Newborns are quickly become walking and talking toddlers. Toddlers are quickly becoming bike riding, sentence completing elementary schoolers. Elementary kids are quickly becoming hormonal and fearless teenagers. Teenagers are quickly becoming grown adults, leaving the nest and heading off for life on their own. I'm sure it'll all be a blur one day as our kids leave the nest, but for now (those of us with fairly young children), we need to cherish only having to let go a little.

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Surviving 10 Days Without Dad

For the last 10 days I caught just a glimpse of what life is like for single mothers as my husband went out of town to take the last class for his doctoral program. I am such a proud wife, but I knew a week and a half with our four girls and none of his help would be interesting to say the least. Here we are, 10 days later. It wasn't easy, but I survived!

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Focus On the Good Qualities

Can I just say that I loathe that us humans are so quick to focus on each other's bad qualities rather than the good ones?  

"This girl never stops talking." 

 "That guy is too emotional."  

"This person works all the time and never spends time with their family." 

"That mom allows her kids to run wild."  

"That parent can't manage to keep their house clean."  

"This person texts me way too often."  

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The good lies

Growing up we were all taught that lying was wrong....okay, so maybe it actually is, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't stop us parents from doing it anyways.

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