Don't try to be perfect. Life isn't; no one is. Use mistakes and mishaps as opportunities to grow tolerance and to teach. There is such a thing as happy accidents. And love, love, love and listen, listen, listen. – Teri Hatcher
Tell us your favorite parenting stories, strategies, and advice.
Tell us your favorite parenting stories, strategies, and advice.
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For Sale: Baby Teeth, Never Brushed
so, there are teeth in my drawer at work. 2 teeny, rootless, jagged little baby teeth that previously resided in my daughter's mouth. i have always struggled with any kind of holidays or traditions that have become commonplace in our culture...the logistics of carrying them out, understanding why...
Working Mom Guilt
I work full time, my husband works full time. Our daughter goes to day care (preschool now). I pick her up and we go home and I start cooking. Sometimes she joins me in the kitchen (she is 4), other times she runs off and plays with her toys. We eat together and talk about…
Letter to Bridget, On the Eve of Her First Day of School
This is the letter I wrote to my daughter on the night before she started kindergarten this week. I am emailing it to an email account I started for her, that I send letters/music to....with the plan that I will give her access to the account when she is older... Dear Bridget, September 2018 Tomo...
Forgiveness
i never have claimed to have been the perfect parent. For the 2nd time in the last 6yrs my 27 yr old daughter is telling me I haven’t matured enough so “good-bye”. I tried to do what I could with what I had as a single mom. The kids were in activities, and I…
Sleep is for the Birds
My daughter is a TERRIBLE sleeper. More often than not, bedtime is over an hour long process. As a toddler, I remember sitting next to her bed physically holding her legs down so she would stop moving. (sounds bad to type out, but it wasnt aggressive or anything. Just pressure) She takes forever...
Broken and proud!
My house was broken into today. I was only out for 2 hours this morning with my friend, Emma. I rejoined slimming club. I really hope I can stick to the plan this time and lose this weight! When Emma dropped me home she said “Sarah did you leave you door open?” My front door…
Little League Opening Day
That's my boy <3 💞 Opening day went off without a hitch! I have a great group of kids that I get to watch grow over the next several weeks. We lost 15-13. Single A plays to three runs or three outs, whichever comes first. We have a few kids who run slow lol. It was…
Helicopter Parent
EEK! Two weeks. Clearly, I'm out of the habit of journal writing daily. I'm a bit busy, of course, so I when I've had a few moments to write, I've been working on a complete restructuring of my book. ugh. Exhausting. I wonder sometimes if writers and artists have the same problem of envisioning s...
Don´t be weird…
Having a kid with SPD can be terrible , can be exasperating and truly exhausting. I'm one of the lucky people whose kid is extremely high functioning, so much that we wouldn't have actually reached to a diagnosis if it wasn't because I know a girl in high school whose kid has it and I…
Staying at home with the kids
This is the start of my new diary I remembered how much I enjoyed writing here 5 years ago so here I am again trying to get my thoughts out. I am now a stay at home mom so I figure this should make it not so lonely. I have been home with my kids…