A very dear friend of mine recently lost someone she was close with. Just like everyone who has to deal with a death of someone they care about, she went through the motions of the shoulda, woulda, coulda, and the what if’s. As we were talking about this, the mention of wishing for one more…
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Strong Willed Children and How to Survive with them
1 in 4 families have a strong willed child. How do I know this? Well I just made it up, but I’m pretty sure the statistics are correct. I am a sufferer of a strong willed child. There’s no known cure for this, but I think I have some suggestions that will help you manage…
First Year Of Marriage: Navigating While Parenting
In this day and age it’s not uncommon for people to get married after having kids. While that comes with it’s own struggles, what about the ones who bring a child into the new marriage? Those are the struggles no one likes to talk about and ones I want to talk about today. Parenting Alone…
Co-Parenting: A Mother’s Perspective
“Co-parenting, just because your relationship didn’t jive, doesn’t mean your kids can’t thrive!” RaisingRidges When two people fall in love (or lust, just saying) things start to happen. After things start happening sometimes there comes a baby… Hold on, before you go anywhere I promise I’m not about to give you “The Talk”. No, what…
I Got the Stay At Home Mom Blues!
When you think of a stay at home mom, you are probably picturing this woman who has all the time in the world. I mean she doesn’t have a normal 9-5 job, so her life should be pretty perfect right? I really wish that was the case and for some women it may be. However…
Storytime: My kid locked me out
I decided I wanted to change up some of my blog posts. I originally wanted to start this blog because of all the funny instances that go on in my life and I realized that I have yet to relay some of the amazing (at least I find them amazing) stories that go on in…
Things I would wish I could tell my younger self
We all have these feelings that make us look back at our younger self and realize, oh girl if only you knew then what you know now. I’ve looked back at the years before I was married, before I had kids, when things were easier, and think… “Why was I in such a rush to…
Overcoming Misfortunes During My Month From Hell
To say that January has been the month from hell would be an understatement. I have actually tried writing this before, but it was preemptive because I hadn’t reached the peak of my misfortunes like I thought I did. When I started to tell you all about how horrible my first two weeks of the…
Resolutions..Schmesolutions: Why I never make them.
Resolutions are where goals go to die. Every December 31st people all over the world announce their changes for the year. How they will be a better person, make healthier choices, read more, drink less, the list goes on. Of course January 5th comes along and all those resolutions go right out the window. So…
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2018!
Time to say goodbye to 2018 and I don’t know about you, but I’m happy to see it go.