Tag: fatherhood

• A Better Path

  This is my favorite time of day. The sun is setting, and I love the light in the living room. Dinner is cleaned up, the kids are busy with bike riding, costume design, piano playing, and slime creation. I’m thinking a glass of wine for myself might top it off perfectly. Some days my head […]

  Melissa

  August 25, 2020

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  change, children, compassion, empathy, encore, fatherhood, guilt, homeschool, homeschooling, inspiration, journaling, life, lockdown, motherhood, mothers, next generatoin, pandemic, parenthood, parenting, passion, passionate, raise them well, raising children, raising teens, raising tweens, school, single dad, single mom, single mother, single motherhood, single parenting, slow down, strength, teenage years, teenagers, thoughts, working mom, working mother, writing

• I just Want To Clean The Toilet

  Every once in a while I get an entire day at home. When this rare occasion happens, I can’t contain my excitement as I think…..”I get to clean the house!” I just didn’t see this strange love of domestication phase coming. I’ll never forget a day in counseling many years ago, (nothing big – just working out […]

  Melissa

  October 23, 2019

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  blog, blogging, career, changes, domestic goddess, family, fatherhood, fathers, feelings, growing up, home, house keeping, housecleaning, inspiration, life, messy house, middle age, mother, motherhood, mothering, parenthood, parenting, raising children, relationships, sentimental, single dad, single mom, single parenting, stay at home mom, thoughts, time, women, working mom, working mother, working mothers

• Cleaning Up The Mess Together

  I got a little stuck this morning….Stuck on the photos section of my computer. I couldn’t take my eyes off of my children. I couldn’t help but think of how lucky they are to have each other, and what a blessed momma I am. I also couldn’t help but feel the sting in my heart […]

  Melissa

  September 12, 2019

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  divorce, divorce support, empathy, encouragement, fatherhood, friends, friendship, high school, high school reunion, inspiration, life, life decisions, middle age, midlife, midlife crisis, motherhood, parenthood, parenting, raising children, sentimental, single dad, single mom, single parenting, time

• Unpluggedness (I made that up)

  Not sure I should admit everything I admit, but hey…I’m keeping it real. Besides, for a writer, my material is endless. I can’t make this stuff up. This week is spring break for my kids. It has been a bit ruined so far with my nasty cold which has left me barking like a seal […]

  Melissa

  April 17, 2019

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  books, children, creative, creativitty, dad, encouragement, family, fatherhood, imagination, inspiration, kids, mommy, motherhood, mothering, parenthood, parenting, playing, raising children, raising teens, reading, rero, screen time, screens, single dad, single mom, single parenting, unplugged

• Dirty Drinkware

  My son looks like a perfect angel to me as I watch him sleep on the couch this morning. Fifteen years old, his chiseled facial features look flawless as he lays there with his eyes closed. I smile and my heart breaks a little as I catch a glimpse of unruly, random whiskers sticking out […]

  Melissa

  April 9, 2019

  Aprons, nostalgia

  adolescence, children, chores, discipline, fatherhood, inspiration, laughter, love, memoroies, mom, mommy, motherhood, parenthood, raising children, sentimental, single dad, single mom, single parenting, sons, teenage boys, teenagers