There are many ways to summarize the experience of what it’s like to be a mother. Usually it’s something like cuddling, or kissing ouchies better, or first steps.  All of those things are excellent, but they really only show you one small glimpse into what motherhood is like.  I’d like to offer another, more personal experience that …

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Yesterday K asked me to lay on the couch with her because she wasn’t feeling very well.  So we were spooning on the couch watching a show.  M decided to get in on the action too and have a little snuggle with us.  She climbed on top of me and snuggled in. “Ah, this is …

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Mike and I were talking tonight about the kids.  I told him about my day with K and her tantrums.  She’s turning 2 so they are to be expected.  Today she was at her finest with a couple of great tantrums, black pen on a white door, and mischief making instead of napping.  So it’s …

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This morning something happened that I knew was coming eventually, but always hoped never would.  A moment I was dreading.  A moment that sort of confirms what you’ve done right and wrong as a parent.  Possibly it’s a rite of passage as a parent, I don’t know, but it certainly feels like one. I was …

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So today it was freaking cold outside.  And not just the usual cold, where really it’s not THAT cold, I’m just a wimp!   Nope it was really really cold.  And of course we are out of all the major things in the house.  I have little to no desire to go out in the cold, …

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