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Last week at a girls dinner we were chatting  about how hard it is to be at home and just sit, relax and do nothing. There is always something that could be done and the guilt often overpowers the real need to just be still. Even a friend who has been sick and stuck in […]

Happy Thanksgiving!! Hope your day is filled with lots of love, gratitude, family, friends, good food and things that make you happy!  And if you’re not feeling especially happy or grateful today…no worries, you are not alone!   I started my day a little grumpy, but quickly reminded myself that this is my typical pattern. […]

Do you ever have days when you just feel beat down as a parent? Yesterday, I had one of those tough parenting days. Nothing major, but just several little mistakes mixed with a feeling of overwhelm and a whole lot of beating myself up that left me feeling terrible by the end of the day. […]

In the midst of my 2-year old’s tantrum, I found compassion. It’s a little hard to admit that I’m not always the most patient person when it comes to my children’s tantrums. The timing is never good. The screaming starts exactly when it’s time to walk out the door, eat lunch or dinner, right before […]

My sister-in-law and her husband just had their first baby.  It was not an easy road to get pregnant and he entered the world 4 weeks early, but he is healthy and perfect and we are all over the moon! He was born a few weeks after my oldest turned 9, my baby turned 1 […]

The day after I wrote (& vented!) in this post about the challenges and feelings about parenthood, I caught my daughter singing this song she wrote about feelings:) Everybody has Different Feelings by Caitlin, age 5 Everybody has different feelings about different things. Like crazy or silly or sad or mad or happy. Everybody has […]

I am 9 years and 4 kids into my journey of parenthood and the only thing I know for certain is that IT IS HARD! I’ve finally accepted that it may never become easy, just different, some points will be even harder than they are now. Some parts better.   It will be an ongoing […]

I found this crumbled up at the bottom of Nick’s bag. He worked on it in Kindergarten before the holiday break. I loved his 3rd answer!!   TD Garden  (to watch the Celtics, no surprise this is #1!)   Schofield (his new school, which was good news to see!)   MYSELF!! I asked him if […]

Yesterday morning our 6-year-old came in asking why our elves didn’t move. Ugh. Day 4 and we had already forgotten. We started the Elf on the Shelf tradition 2 years ago when an elf, the kids named Jay, showed up in a box on our door step. This year our 4-year-old daughter had been asking […]

Have you thought about what truly brings you happiness? A few days ago my 4 1/2 year old was in a crying frenzy because she couldn’t go somewhere with her brothers and their friends. She was tired, so it was overly dramatic and I was having a hard time consoling her. I carried her to […]