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Archives for July 2014

I’m Going To Own 2nd Grade. Like A Mom On A Mission.

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When you woke up and sent your kid to the first day of Kindergarten did you think, "Wow, life is gonna be so easy now that my kids are going to school!" They will get out of the house and be occupied for the entire day while I'm super productive and get millions of things done. Heck, I'll have so

I’m Too Young For This

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I remember thinking when I first had Parker how 2nd grade seemed AGES away. Like millions of ages away. I also recall feeling like... only older people had 2nd graders. Not young people, like me. You know what happened next? I woke up with a 2nd grader. It happened that fast. And

A Virgin

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Excuse me for a second, but I just so happen to be a all-star baseball mom "virgin". Meaning that... my kid was just a normal 6 year old baseball player until 3 weeks ago. But then, you see, we got this invitation for him to play on what they call the "All-Star" team.  That's when things got

It Only Takes That One Time

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I wrote this post over 2 years ago, right after one of the scariest incidents in my life, but was too shaken up to post it. I'm posting it now in hopes that it will remind you how important it is to ALWAYS be looking when your kids are in or near the pool. Or any body of water for that

Taking More Time For My Family Means…

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...saying "no" to things that fulfill my time. We just recently got back from San Diego where my husband and I spoke about work-life balance at the Digital Co-Lab conference. While I was preparing the speech I couldn't help but think that I wasn't qualified to be an expert at work-life