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Stubborness

Posted in family stories, memories, mom duties, my kids, parenting on June 6, 2009 | 6 Comments »

While commenting on a blog post the other week, I was reminded of the time my daughter would not cooperate with the dentist.  She was about five.  It was the year she began kindergarten.  I had taken her and her brother, who was about 8, to the dentist for a check up.  Tony cooperated beautifully.  [...]

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ISO Shamrock Shakes!

Posted in memories, mom duties on March 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »

When my kids were little, they would eagerly await the arrival of shamrock shakes at the local McDonald’s.   When they arrived, we’d go down and get one right away.  They never lasted long so we had to get it right away or they’d sell out.  We’d go every day until they were gone, which was [...]

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Make-Up, Clowns & Hurt

Posted in divorce, memories, mom duties, ouch on February 12, 2009 | 7 Comments »

While reading a friend’s blog yesterday, I was reminded of a hurtful incident a long, long time ago.
It was sometime before 1990.  I had been depressed because I had suffered a miscarriage a couple of months before.  My then husband and I were discussing my depression and he said he would like it if I [...]

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Works For Me

Posted in mom duties, tagged , , , , on October 22, 2008 | 7 Comments »

I’ve been searching for blog memes for each day of the week so I can get some blogging ideas. It’s that time of the year when I am preparing for NaNoWriMo and NaBloPoMo at the same time. I thought I would write some blog posts ahead of time and save them so I can post [...]

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Stress

Posted in NaNoWriMo, life, mom duties on November 24, 2007 | 8 Comments »

I am way behind in my NaNoWriMo word count and am feeling under pressure. It seems like just as I think I am going to have a block of time to write, one of the girls needs something from me or an errand has to be run right now; not later; not tomorrow, but [...]

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Turn Of the Day

Posted in diabetes, life, life's little treasures, memoir, mom duties, mothers and daughters, personal challenge, women on November 7, 2007 | 6 Comments »

[This story is about something that happened several years ago. It's true. It's proof that even I make mistakes. Just don't tell my kids! ]
It started as one of those absolutely marvelous days, only to turn quite bad!
After a delicious morning of incredibly well-behaved and productive students, at lunch time the Principal complimented me on [...]

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She Made Me Cry

Posted in Best Mom Ever, daughters, mom duties, mothers and daughters on October 29, 2007 | 10 Comments »

As a parent, we cry many tears. If we’re lucky, most of those tears are the joyous kind; the kind that come when they take their first step or the day you leave them at the door to the kindergarten room.
As a parent, we often think it is a thankless job. If we’re [...]

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Barking Dogs

Posted in barking dogs, mom duties, pets on October 16, 2007 | 8 Comments »

I don’t know how it happened but today I found myself sitting on a stranger’s couch, babysitting three dogs.  Let me take a moment here to tell you that I do not like dogs.  I never have.  I have always been scared of dogs.  I had one dog,  when I was a teenager, that I [...]

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