Category: motherhood
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It Takes A Village
Recently, I read an article stating that America is actually one of the few cultures in the world that tends to rear families tightly within their nuclear unit. In many other cultures several generations live in the same house, or at the very most, within a stone’s throw. However, I have noticed more American women […]
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Thank you for being a Mother first, Friend second
“I do not even believe in God. There is no such thing as Heaven and Hell!” I was 14 years old, screaming down to my mother during one of our routine mother-daughter disagreements. I am not even sure what we were arguing about that particular day; however, I am sure it had something to do […]
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Shower? What day is this?
I have always had a routine, and being a morning person, I rarely deviated from that routine. I laid out my clothes the night before, set the coffee pot to brew the next morning, and even placed my laptop bag and purse in the car before going to bed. You see, like my father, I […]
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Set Low Expectations
I love a good task list, and boy do I love a good long term goal, so bring it on! Who are we kidding, I like daily goals, too — any goal that I can jot down and later check off, or, my preference, mark with a fluorescent pink highlighter as COMPLETED just makes me […]
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More Toys do not Make Happier Children
My first baby shower was perfect. There were so many gifts that I couldn’t fit them all in my car, so I had to make two trips back to my hostess’ home to retrieve everything. The baby in my womb already had enough toys, games, books and clothes to last until she was five […]
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No Use Crying Over Spilled Milk
Although I appreciate a clean house and a clean car, I have never been one to regularly give anything the “white glove treatment.” When friends say, “I just can’t sleep if there are dishes in the kitchen sink,” I used to think they needed to take a strong “chill pill.” However, after my first child […]
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Mommin’ it ain’t Easy
I have learned a lot since becoming a Mother. In my mid-twenties, before marriage and parenthood, I asked God to help me to develop humility, selflessness, patience, and self-control. You know how people say that God answers our prayers, but not always the way we hope – well, let me tell ya somethin’ — never […]
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Babies Don’t Keep
Today was the 4th birthday party of my oldest daughter, the party, not day of birth. See, I love celebrating my own birthday for at least a week, if not more, and honestly, feel the same about everyone’s birthday because it’s a time to feel special for just being born. So this party was the […]
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Because I said So
In the past 12 hours we have endured two hurricane-level breakdowns with my 3.5 year old over something of major, life altering proportions . . . clothes. See, my daughter has a few things in her wardrobe that she likes to wear over and over again, no matter what season or time of day, few […]
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Coke: The New Gateway Drug
I distinctly remember the first time my husband, then boyfriend at the time, came out of the gas station with a Coke, a REAL Coke, like the old advertisement, “The Real Thing”! Yes, people, you are reading this correctly — I was just as shocked as I am sure you are right now. Well, […]
Laura R Bailey 