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Parenting can be like an olympic sport sometimes. You have to train your butt off, prepare for your events, and then give it your best shot when the time comes in hopes that you will come up with gold. Walking, talking, potty training, school, or whatever the phase [...]

Alright. The more I read and look at mainstream American media, the more it seems that marketing is overrunning reality. In the effort to sell products, corporations are out to make mothers feel guilty regardless of what they do. You spank your kids? You're heartless. You don't [...]

Sometimes I find myself faced with a puzzle in life without the box that gives me a clear picture as to my final goal. I think I have it figured out and then BOOM, a squiggly piece with an unexpected corner. What the heck is this piece?! Who [...]

This photo captures Girl playing "throw the sand on the floor" in her sand table area of our patio, while wearing her princess pajamas. If you'd put my pre-motherhood self before the same situation, I'd probably have had a stroke. Sand was going everywhere. Now, I ran [...]

There is a difference between nutrition and dieting, as the word is used today. Don't just cut corners and go the easy way by eating empty calories, or none at all. Choose appropriate foods, in appropriate amounts, that you enjoy. Couple those with exercise, and your body will thank [...]

When people talk to you, listen. Recently, my almost-four-year-old started talking about her friend the woodpecker that lives in our yard. Her imagination is WILD lately, so I just let it go in one ear and out the other. She would talk about how she woke up and saw [...]

The military is more than statistics, strategy, politics, and war. It is a collection of men and women who train, live, and work in the service of our nation's freedom. It is their dedication and commitment to their duty that afford us all the way of life that we [...]

Lets all recognize one thing here: There is no mother of the year trophy. There is no actual contest, although there are some people would like to not only believe that there is but also that they are by FAR winning the competition! Those ladies scream it from the [...]

So often I hear myself and others say, "It will get easier when/after...". I am beginning to realize that we are wrong. Life doesn't get easier or harder. It gets different. One child isn't easier or harder than another. They are different. Marriages aren't easier or harder. They are [...]

I found this poster on Pinterest, and it got me to thinking. I originally began Operation Muffintop, and set my weight loss goals, based upon the opinion of the individual who did my assessment at the gym. "130-140 is ideal weight to achieve your ideal body fat percentage" she [...]

Image Source I found this illustration on Pinterest the other day, and I realized that in just about every way possible, this describes me. I don't do anything the easy or direct way. I try to. I have the best of intentions most of the time, but [...]

Do you remember the episode of Seinfeld where Eileen convinces her boss to start a chain of muffin top bakeries!? It was awesome! It was also the last and only time that muffin tops were cool. In my case, I'm not referring to the delicious bubbly top of a [...]

Last night on the way to a meeting, I realized I was listening to my kids' DVD without kids in the car. I quickly turned it to CD, not knowing which one was in there. I was happy to hear Colbie Caillat start to play. Then I started to [...]

Sometimes the best way to love a pet is to let them pass away without suffering.  I have had to put down two animals in my lifetime. One was a wonderful beloved cat named Ted that had a congenital heart defect and died at 9 months old. The other [...]