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The last night of 4!
The last night of four. Youâre growing so tall. Youâre vocabulary is ever-expanding. Youâre my big helper. Youâre like a little woman. Youâre amazing, Maggie. Every bit of you. Your laugh. Your smile. Your kind heart. Your confidence. Your creative, intelligent brain. Today you told me, âWouldnât it be nice, Mom, if when I move…
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An ode to greasy hair
An ode to greasy hair. I went five days without washing my hair last week. That was up there when it comes to records of me not washing my hair. It was greasy, and starting to form some interesting animal nest/top knot bun combo thingy. It was getting weird. đ But there was a lot…
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“Ugh, it must be teething”
Guysâhow many times have you or your spouse/partner said, âUgh, it must be teethingâ to each other?? đ After three kids, we have probably said it about one million times. Weâve blamed SO MUCH on teething and to this day, we have very little clue if the fussiness or lack of sleep or whatever the…
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What I want, more than anything in life, is to keep you safe
What I want more than anything in life is to keep you safe and show you all the love in my heart. All I want is to teach you to act with compassion, to treat people with kindness, to have pride in what you do, to respect yourself and others, to help those who need…
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To parents new + old: When someone offers to babysitâgo out!
To parents new and old: When someone offers to babysit or agrees to babysitâget your asses out of the house and go somewhere together. I donât care if itâs out to dinner, to a concert, for a cup of coffee, or to McDonalds for a Big Mac (that actually sounds amazing đ¤Ł)… just go out!…
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I am a mother, and I deserve to feel sexy
Feeling sexy when youâre a motherâwhy can it be so tough? Why can it feel uncomfortable? Is it my stretch marks? My softness? The larger size on my jeans? Is it because my brain feels fried some days? Because my heart feels heavy sometimes? Because my style seems forgotten? Or maybe itâs all the boogers…
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Toddlers are strange + magnificent creatures
Think about it… Theyâll lick basically anything within tongue distance of their mouth. They run while looking the other way and crash into toys/walls/people/animals. They try to touch their poop while getting their diaper changed. Theyâll go two nights in a row sleeping through the night to a night where they wake up for a…
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Reconnecting with who I am underneath all this motherhood
After having three babies, it feels like my body has a birth pattern. I get pregnant, I go the full 40 weeks, I have the baby, I wait a certain amount of time, then I get pregnant again, and so the cycle continues. For example: Got pregnant in the spring of 2013, had a baby…
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Maybe going to sleep earlier will help lessen my anxiety + increase my energy?
I’ve decided I’m not going to wait until January 1 to start going to bed earlier. I want to get going, so I’m starting tonight, December 30. It makes sense to start on a Sunday since my strict 10pm bedtime nights are going to be Sunday-Thursday and my more lenient nights will be Friday and…
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When motherhood becomes you
I’ve been a mom for five years now. I’m a mom to three different kiddos. It’s sort of a weird stage of motherhoodâI’m not the newbie anymore, but I’m not a seasoned vet quite yet either. My younger sisters are having babies or thinking about babies and their friends are having babies, too. I get…
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Colleen Temple 