I’m not a mom who cheers for my children at the playground.  Nor am I the mom who creates picture perfect birthday parties.  My children still know I am proud of them.  They also experience special events throughout the year.

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We can read and Google all about the experience of parenting but that it doesn’t completely prepare us.  You know, I expected poopy diapers but not a rouge poo on the carpet.  Even more surprising is how a rouge poo

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This post is part of a sporadic series I have.  In Real Life Learning posts are about how I integrate my teacher skills with parenting.  It’s In Real Life Learning because sometimes what we envision turns out vastly different when

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I took my kids for a new adventure and ended up learning the secret to life. hahahahhahaha Naw.  That’s bullshit.  This is just a story about a parenting debacle.  It’s what happens with me and the kids sometimes.  I like

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I would be willing to give up the concept of “always” if it would give some of us more hope. To know that it wouldn’t always be this hard. To know that it wouldn’t always be painful. To know that

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