Raising Teens :: Not For The Weak
"As much as I love raising my big kid I still long for the days that his hands were encapsulated in mine."
Raising teenagers is not for the weak. When our children are younger we think those are the hardest days. Sleepless nights, temper tantrums, the works. Y’all know how it is. We’re often met with the sly comments of parents more experienced than us saying “just you wait” and we shrug it off. Caught up in the days we never think we’ll get past. The truth is though, all of those well-meaning naysayers were right. As I enter my third year of raising a teenager, I’ve indeed looked back on parents with toddlers...
The Advantages Being an "Older" Mom
I wasn't one of those women who had aspirations to be a mother growing up. I blame this on being the oldest of 4 children and not ever really feeling like a child. In the workforce, I would encounter working mothers and had no idea how they did it, working all day and then going home to take care of someone else. It sounded so exhausting. I had devoted my adult life to my career and traveling, but I was always missing something.
Fast forward to age 37 when I married a man who had two young daughters and my life forever changed.
I fell in love with two little girls, and I loved having a...
Kindergarten Chapter 2 :: “We Finally Did It!”
You hear about someone else’s child getting held back for Kindergarten until it is yours. My oldest son and I navigated many tears while doing Kindergarten over again.
In Spring 2023, I felt thrown into a closed door when I was told my child would not advance to 1st grade. Months before his first Kindergarten school year was over, he was diagnosed with ADD. At first, we thought it was ADHD, but he doesn’t experience the hyperactivity. Personally, my family and I decided not to medicate our son because, for us, the cons outweighed the pros. We gave him Saffron gummies and other vitamins instead to help our son during test days. Fast...
GroupMe Etiquette for the Modern Parent
Okay, moms. Let’s talk about GroupMe. I’m officially using my unofficial authority to set some rules. This is for your own good. These rules will liberate you - freeing you from feeling obligated to respond to every message in GroupMe and silencing the constant barrage of notifications. You probably have several unread and irrelevant GroupMe messages to tend to now, so let’s dive right in.
Rule #1: If the coach asks who will NOT be able to attend the game or event, only respond if your child is NOT attending.
This one’s pretty simple, but it’s commonly misunderstood. Let's examine this one closely: "Not attending" signifies your child won't be there - not present in...
Follow The Leader
As the first born in my family, leadership comes naturally to me. And now that the older generation is passing on, I feel this strong sense of obligation to keep our family traditions going. No matter what must be done, they all wait on me to take charge. And sometimes it gets exhausting and overrated. Being a leader does not stop there, I find myself in leadership roles for work, hanging with friends and church. Now being a single mother, I get the joy of being the leader of our little family, making all the decisions, keeping the house in order, doing all the driving and even creating moments of fun.
But there are times I crave...
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