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Motherhood: A Day in The Life #1 – Karen
This Is My Life It’s 5:15am and the rooster is crowing at me that it is time to get up. Thankfully this rooster is on my phone and comes with a handy dandy snooze button. But when he starts back up ten minutes later, I roll out of bed and start my day. Hi, I’m Karen. I’m a wife to Hubby. I’m a mom to Ting (age 3.5), and Bug (11 months). I’m a full-time working girl. … Read entire article »
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Motherhood: A Day in the Life
What do you do? What DID you do before you had kids? How was your day? Isn’t it easier being a working mom? I’ve been asked all these questions directly. They always feel loaded, even if they aren’t. In these modern times, motherhood is a huge balancing act. In our purest role as mothers, we are providing a customized, individualized, 24/7 on-call, volunteer service to tiny, adorable, demanding, intelligent, passive-agressive clients. And then we have our own lives and possibly a “second job” on top of that. Acts of Motherhood are performed with a million different variables coming into play. Each mother does things at least a little differently than the next, but there is one huge thing that ties us all together: we are all mothers. This week the guest posts that I will … Read entire article »
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Talking to My Teenager, Kinda
Today’s guest blogger is Angie Albright. I love her because she is funny and frank and because she and I are two of the few who have broken the covenant of people with “real” English degrees by venturing into blogging. I am the mother of a 16-year-old boy. I’m not dead yet but my hair is getting grayer at a faster pace than it was two years ago. Parents moan and groan all the time about … Read entire article »
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My First Spring Break With a Minivan
Today’s guest blogger, Heather Davis, is known for her witty humor and wisdom and you’ll see why in her post. I met Heather last year at the Arkansas Women Bloggers conference, even though she is from Oklahoma and I’m from Missouri. Apparently we’re both party crashers. My younger daughter was born at the end of January, when it was really too cold to do anything but stay inside and cuddle up with a powder-y smelling baby … Read entire article »
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The Most Popular Girl in the Frat House
Tricia Oakes is my first guest poster for the month! I met her at a blog conference when she let me crash her dinner reservations, and we’ve been bloggy buddies ever since. Here, she shares the joys of being the only penis-free person in her family. I often joke that I live in a fraternity house. I’m the only girl in a sea of testosterone and toy guns, tractors, robots, and Legos, and Wee Frat Boys. … Read entire article »
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Happy Mother’s Day
My Grandmother, Great, as the kids call her, gave my son this pillow a year or so ago. It makes me laugh inside every time I look at it, because it’s so appropriate, and because it came from Great. Great loves to shop at flea markets and yard sales. A child of the Great Depression, she loves a bargain and she loves to collect treasures almost as much as she loves to share them. I’m … Read entire article »
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Grab My Button!
