Surviving Difficult Parenting Days

Full disclosure: I have rewritten this post several times. I initially aimed to list practical ways to survive difficult parenting days. You know the ones, when you’re waving the white flag at 7:09 AM or escaping to the garage in tears to eat the rest of the chocolate; when your...

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Putting Down the Camera

Sometimes I leave the camera at home. For you this decision may be a no-brainer, falling in line with the unplug fad, or just plain silly. If I have my camera with me, I’m not just thinking about this moment but also the  future moment when I or friends and...

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How Mama Can Get Her Sexy Back (and it Has Nothing to do With Your Body)

I wanted to feel sexy again. I had had two babies in three years and my body had undergone complications on top of that. I was breastfeeding. I was 30 pounds heavier than I was when I got married, and I was BONE. TIRED.But none of that mattered. Deep in...

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Goodbye, Cloth Diapers

When I first invested in cloth diapers almost six years ago there were no was no Facebook Live where brand owners now often unveil new prints, with a free giveaway if you comment and share! There weren’t even Facebook groups really, much less groups for individual brands or stores with...