Category Archives: Parenting
Pre-Parenting Questions, Doubts, Longings: Are They Natural Or More Than Just Cold Feet?
Lately, I’ve been thinking about having kids – a lot. I hear that very loud clock only getting louder and since we don’t have about 200k lying around (what it takes to have A – as in one – kid … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Happy, Health, home, Journal, Life, Love, Parenting, Personal, Relationships, Thoughts
Tagged "family planning", "wanting kids", cold feet, doubt, fertility treatments, hesitation, IVF, parent, questions, surrogacy
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Easter 2016 – Another Cheesy “With Child” Practice Run
I’ll admit it, I can be a little cheesy. All right, sometimes I might just be the Queen of Cheesetown. When it comes to the holidays I tend to be less about old traditions and more about making traditions that … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Holidays, home, Life, Love, Parenting, Personal, Relationships
Tagged "creating traditions", "Easter basket", "Easter eggs", "egg hunt", "family planning", "holiday traditions", "want kids", childless, children, Easter, Easter bunny, Easter egg, happiness, Happy, holiday, kids, making traditions, sentimental, surprise, tradition, traditions
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Work (For) IT!
This past Christmas, I received a generic Christmas card from my father, the same one that was sent out to everyone else. I smiled that I actually received a card and quickly dismissed the passing, “That’s it?” I have never … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Holidays, home, Life, Parenting, Personal, Relationships, Thoughts
Tagged birthday, black sheep, Christmas, equal treatment, fairness, favorite child, gifts, job, responsibility, siblings, work ethic, working hard
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The High Price Of Being The Better Person (And How It Cost Me My Sister)
I have a very complicated relationship with my sister. All right, that is misleading or an understatement or just doesn’t seem 100% true. For the past three plus years I have not had a relationship with my sister. And for … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, home, Inspiration, Journal, Life, Parenting, People, Personal, Relationships, Thoughts
Tagged "child abuse", "developmentally disabled", "intellectually disabled", "toxic relationships", abuse, being the better person, college help, editing, facing your abuser, hope, left out, leverage, love, martyr, memories, no contact, oldest sibling, protective, relationships, sister
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Out Of My Life… Three Years Later
On June 16, 2012 I saw my mother for the very last time. It was brief; she was just dropping off my sister, thirty minutes late. I was getting married and my sister was my flower maiden, she was going … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, home, Journal, Life, Parenting, People, Relationships
Tagged "child abuse", "toxic relationships", cutting a person out of your life, forgiveness, growing up, letting go, mother, motherless, moving on, orphan, survivor
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