“[My] kids come first in everything…We live and breathe for our children. When they are grown and have families of their own then we will have our time together again….No exceptions. I love my children far more than I love my husband!” “We raise our children to become independent, to leave us and make their …
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“So how are things these days,” she says. And she is sincere in the question. So I talk to her. Some things are amazing, wonderful, even nearly unreal and euphoric. Sure, it’s a tough time for us all these days– but the truth is my life is better for the quarantine than it was even …
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Something unpleasant happened this morning when I went to wake the youngest up for school. I’m not going to go into details, not here. She didn’t want to get up. I pushed, little one pushed back…and she said some pretty hurtful things. The child brain in me wanted to respond in anger, but I didn’t. …
I’m out with friends the other night. One girl– my friend’s friend visiting from out of town– doesn’t finish her last drink. Of course I’m the one that downs it (supposedly impressively quickly, but, hey, I’m tired and I want to get home.). I don’t know if I instinctively don’t want to waste a perfectly …
It’s important to treasure the little moments. Plenty of bitter, petty, strife filled bits of life. If one doesn’t focus on the good, it’s all too easy to be swamped in the awful. Sure, it’s silly. But tonight, master, myself, and the oldest munchkin are on a grocery run. We’re out of milk (of course!). …