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Time Marches On…
What does life look like for you in the current state of the world? We’re trying as best we can.
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Compassion Made Easier
What Helps You Feel Useful? I ask myself this more lately. With one of my daughters an official, legal adult by all definitions and my second one not far behind, I find myself at a loss as to what my primary purpose is now. I’ve engaged in some direct, and expensive, educational soul searching on…
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Where There Is A Will
Hockey Mom life is no joke
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Trying to Slow the Runaway Train
Do you ever feel like your daily schedule is dragging your through your life? Not going to lie…I’ve been experiencing that lately and it is completely disconcerting. I have so many drop dead deadlines looming that the current disarray thanks to the vacancy left by a long-time employee makes my head spin. And, when I…
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Redefining Holiday Magic
This year has been a little rough and bittersweet. On the rough side, my family lost an important member quite suddenly and we are still trying to figure out how to deal with the open space he left. On the bittersweet side, my oldest started college and no longer lives at home full-time. And, my…
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Midterm Break Eats
My oldest is in her first year of her undergraduate education. Her school has a midterm break in October. It fell on a weekend when my husband traveled to DC to run the Army 10-miler. With both my girls home, I decided to try and make some good eats for us to enjoy. My oldest…
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How Much Is Your Time Worth?
Time may be finite, but I certainly try to bend the rules and cram as much as humanly possible into 24 hours. Sometimes this works, but eventually energy and motivation wane and the basics necessary for comfortable living take a hike. Namely, household tasks like laundry, meal planning, grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning become exhausting…
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Spring Trip Spontaneity
This spring is my final time of having both my girls home full-time. Once fall rolls around, my oldest will start her first year as a college student and my youngest will start the high school odyssey that progresses into her being gone more than home. I spent months kicking around the idea of taking…
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Major Mom Shift
I am 45 years old. My oldest daughter is on the cusp of graduating from high school. In five months, my household will change forever. My role as a mom will shift in some major ways. I will have daughters in the first year of new school situations–college and high school. I have watched from…
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Lab Mom Confessional
I have a gorgeous 17-month old black lab puppy. If I were one of those parents who had wild human children that I had never successfully tamed, I would call my lab girl “precocious.” But, I have been a pretty tremendous mom to humans. I have set clear limits, maintained consistency at a well over…