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I know I'm not alone when I say I am overwhelmed. I am exhausted. I am burned out.  It started with working from home in...
I became a stay-at-home mom on purpose. I had to quit my job and was 27 weeks pregnant when I moved to the great state...
Mothers everywhere are collectively screaming inside their hearts. We are tired. We are anxious. We are uncertain. We are lonely while simultaneously craving an entire...
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How many books can one mom read aloud to her children?  Five? Ten? Seven hundred and thirty-eight? COVID-19 is helping me find out. Before social distancing...
I have decided that this summer I'm saying NO.  I have three kids, a houseful of things that need to be done (don't we all?),...
Dear Young Mom, I remember how hard it was to have 3 kids under the age of 4. The days were long and the nights...
Our youngest graduates high school this May, so there is a lot of talk about majors and decisions on futures in our house. She’s...
My husband walked in on me yelling at the kids tonight. He was hauling bags of groceries through the entryway right at the moment that...

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Over the Edge I was standing in the kitchen, washing dishes and doing mental math: I was trying to figure out how to get the...