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.
Parenting Circle
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…
My Boy <3
It still feels weird coming here to write. I sit here and stare at the computer screen. My mind is filled with so much yet, I just cant seem to put one thought in front of the other to make a coherent diary entry. Last night Noah and I had our small groups at Church. …
glorious.
My parents are taking the kids to Disneyland tomorrow as Grandpa’s birthday present. When I asked my husband if he was okay with this, as it would mean missing one day of school, he replied, “He considers that a present?!” My sentiments exactly. But I guess that’s what happens when you don’t have...
4 Years in the Making
So four years has passed and I find myself here again, typing the URL to a website that was still somewhere within my muscle memory. While it feels strange to be here, it's also a comfortable sense of familiarity. I used to write over at the former OD site with the same name. Most of…
This life, so far
I got let back into this diary over a month ago when TheDiaryMaster graciously let me be one of the later phase beta testers, but this is actually my first entry since then. The problem is: two small children who suck all my energy and time swiftly away from me. There is no more sinking…