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End of the day Mommy fail

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June 18, 2015

  Good things Mommy did today: 1. Took kids to spend QT with Grandma and Grandpa 2. Went to the store (with kids) to buy items to donate to children in need in Guatemala 3. Worked out 4. Fed kids a healthy dinner Yet, somehow, the day went to shit. It may have been due […]

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The Scariest Spider Ever

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June 10, 2015

If you know me personally, you may know of my severe arachnophobia. An encounter with a spider = shaking, nausea, inability to concentrate on anything else, and likely nightmares for days. Especially the ginormous ones in the somewhat southern state in which I live. Upon moving into our house, I had signed up for pest […]

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NICU Mommies: Today’s Warriors

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May 11, 2015

For leisurely reading, I gravitate toward dark novels with excessive pain and suffering. American slavery. WWII and the Holocaust. The Dust Bowl. These are topics covered in the books I choose, and my husband has many times found me ugly crying into the pages at midnight. He has often asked why I read books that so […]

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