Tag: Parenting
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This too shall pass
If you’re stuck, or things are changing in your life… If you’re going through something, or are in the in between… I wanted to share something with you. It’s not going to last forever. This morning, as I played outside with the kids, I was thinking about how it’s March. Already! Even among the piles…
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Failure is a normal human feeling
It happens. It doesn’t feel great, but it is a reality of life. I think failure is scary because you have to admit you don’t actually have control of everything and that you’re flawed. Failure is scary because you’ve put yourself on the line and you were vulnerable with something that maybe didn’t work out.…
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Intimacy is…
Intimacy is sometimes sex—but a lot of times—it’s so many other things. It’s placing a cold washcloth over their head when they’re sick. It’s somehow knowing that they need ice cream tonight, and surprising them with their favorite flavor. It’s watching someone ugly cry—seriously, the ugliest of cries—but seeing their beauty through the sadness. It’s…
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Parenting requires courage
All of parenting requires faith. Not necessarily religion (although, for me it does include religion), but faith. In Brene Brown’s book I’m reading right now—The Gifts of Imperfection, she defines faith as, “A place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of…
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What will life be like in 20 years?
Last night as I was falling asleep, I pictured my husband and I in 20 years—wondering what our lives will look like. He’ll be 53, I’ll be 52. Our kids will be 25, 23 and 21. They will be adults who are figuring out their lives (or at least trying to). They will be in…
Colleen Temple 