Click for Audio Version Do you ever feel like everyone is judging you? You know… for EVERYTHING? It absolutely wears me out. And do you feel like you constantly have to explain why you did this, and why you didn’t do that? Why are you being quiet? Why are you talking so much? It’s like no one understands… ever. To the point that you want to dig a big hole and hide in it because then maybe you won’t have to face the judgement and guilting. No. One. Understands. And that’s the ... VIEW POST
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Nurturing Individuality: What I Learned from “Dates” With My Kids
My heart is pounding as I type… in less than two hours the volume will be turned up much louder in my house and once again I won’t be able to hear myself think, so forgive me if this entry ends abruptly. What I’m saying is that my older three kids will return home from a three-day lake getaway with their cousins and grandparents, and the peace will break. I committed last week to a follow up story from “Date Your Kids” week in our house, and if there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s not following ... VIEW POST
3 Things I Realized the Day My Son Stopped Needing Me
I had no idea it would happen so fast. They say the days are long and the years are short and I was starting to get it. It all began to hit me in the fall of 2015. Our then family of only five was about to take off on a trip of a lifetime to Disney World. I hadn’t been since my one and only trip at the age of fifteen and my husband once at thirteen. We couldn’t wait to see the kids faces when we walked into the Magic Kingdom. I could picture it; the awe, the amazement, the joy all over their ... VIEW POST
