Parenting

Parenting

Rule #42: Girls just wanna have fun.


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Girls just wanna have fun. People just wanna have fun, even mommas in their 30’s. This past year, I’ve done a lot of soul searching. You may call it a midlife crisis. Brene Brown would call it a midlife unraveling. But I call it a midlife awakening. As I slowly creep toward 40 (I still

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Parenting

Rule #38: Pray for your enemies.


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AKA: George Floyd is not the one on trial. Yesterday I prayed for Derek Chauvin. I wasn’t expecting to do so. I didn’t want to do so. But I did. I tuned into the opening arguments for the trial of the man who murdered George Floyd on Monday morning, March 29th. As I tuned in,

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Adoption, Parenting

Rule #35: Everyone in the adoption triad should be able to express the love, heartache, and difficulty that is adoption.


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I’m going to say something that may be controversial these days: Feelings and experiences from everyone in the adoption triad matter. Adoptee voices should not be silenced. Birth family voices should not be silenced. And adoptive parents should not be silenced. Everyone in the triad should be able to express the love, heartache, and difficulty

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Parenting

Rule #34: Vote as if…


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…your voice matters. (Artwork by BW, age 8) Election Day is here! Regardless of who you’re voting for, I hope you get out and vote. It’s so important to vote and participate in democracy (because yes, America is still a democracy). And if you have kids, it’s important to teach them the value of voting,

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