As we prepared our now three year old for her first days in pre-K3, I would play Daniel Tiger’s song “Grown-Ups Come Back” on repeat. We hadn’t spent enough time in church nurseries or MDO programs for her to really grasp the concept of getting dropped off anywhere without us.
It goes like this:
Even when we go away
Grown-ups come back
Will you pick me up when I go to school?
Yep, at the end of day because that's the rule
Grown-ups come back
Grown-ups come back to you
Grown-ups come back they do
Grown-ups come back
I’ll never forget her first day and how incredibly bizarre it felt to join a carpool line for my own child. We played the song over and over as I made...
So here is a fair *Trigger warning* ... these words may incite rage, goosebumps or uncontrollable tears. Can we all agree that the following words/phrases will not be joining us for 2021?! We are leaving these ratchet concepts behind in ratchet 2020. They are unwelcome in 2021.
Virtual
Synchronous/asynchronous
Exposure
Quarantine
Contagion
Infectious
Essential / non-essential
Symptomatic / asymptomatic
Transmissibility
Epidemic
Pandemic
Virus
Lockdown
Mask
Unprecedented
New normal
Trying times
Isolation
PPE
Spread
Outbreak
Endemic
Fever
Zoom
Social Distancing
Pod
Novel
Protocol
Y’all better start making use of a thesaurus because you won’t be able to “spread” your butter. Hercules won’t even be able to “Go the ‘distance.’” Better find a synonym for all of these!
What other words would you...
I turned 30 last week. Generally, I’ve been excited about my 30s.
It’s the decade my children will start school and my real stay-at-home mom duties begin. You know, the soccer games and the class trips.
It’s the decade our finances won’t completely hold us back from the fun we’ve imagined for our family. You know, the dinner parties and the beach vacations. The opportunity to finally choose a home we love and not settle for a house “that’ll do for now.”
The chapter where we create a family closes, and the chapter where we raise that family and build a forever together begins.
Right?
Thirty, Flirty and...Thriving?
It was all very glamorous in my head…until it happened.
Yes, I’m 30. I’m a stay-at-home mom. My...
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Being a dance mom is not for the faint-hearted. It becomes something that will take over your life before you even realize it has happened. Growing up as a dancer myself I understood what it took to be a dance mom; but to the women that have come into this world blindly, I commend you for your bravery and hope you decide to stay with us.
What it takes:
- 15+ hours a week of dance practice
- $ thousands of dollars in costumes, competition & choreography fee's
- Travel across state lines
- Tears (SO MANY TEARS.. happy and sad tears)
- Literal PAIN (from muscle cramps and bruises to just plain exhaustion)
- Sacrifice (Time, money, missing moments with friends and family)
SO WHY?... why...
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