I’ve always had a black thumb. It doesn’t matter what the plant is, how beautiful and expensive pottery it lives in, or how much I try to take care of it. Inevitably I kill it. Dead. Usually a week or…
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IT DIDN’T SPARK JOY IT SPARKED PAIN, BUT I KEPT IT ANYWAYS
I started decluttering three months ago before the holidays, and I purged everything in my path. Clothes, toys, linens, my mom’s wedding dress…it felt liberating to make space in our homes and have less clutter. But there’s one thing…
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Why Balance is Crap & How to Really Find Peace
Balance. A word splashed across magazines, the media, television, and the internet almost daily. “How to Find Balance in Five Easy Steps!” or “The Key to Balance is Simpler Than You Think!” We read these headlines, hoping this will finally…
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Why I Stopped Saying, “I’m Just a Mom.”
I used to say it all the time, especially when people would be impressed that I worked part-time on television. It made me uncomfortable that some would fawn over my job. I mean to me, it’s no big deal. I’ve…
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How to Ditch Mom Guilt Forever with This Single Thought
It’s so prevalent once you become a parent. The mom guilt sets in almost immediately after holding your new baby. Will I harm him if I don’t breastfeed? To co-sleep or not to co-sleep? How early is too early to go…
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Today I Was a Bad Mom And That’s OK
This post originally appeared on Perfection Pending. I knew it the second the alarm clock shouted at me at 6:40AM, I was tired. Not tired, exhausted. My muscles and bones ached, and my eyelids felt as if they weighed 110…
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What A Stray Cat Taught Me About Self-Care
It was such a quick conversation with a wonderful woman from Broward County’s Animal Care Center. We were buying kitten food at the pet store and she brought in a mama cat and her two babies still nursing. The mom was…
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