Tag: high school

• The Sweetest Things

  It has been a rough week. As much as I fight it and try to make life perfect, I have to accept the good with the bad. I am going through some tough lessons, and I’d really like to stomp my feet like a child and refuse to listen. But lo and behold…I am a…

  Melissa

  October 24, 2019

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  changes, emotions, empath, empathy, encouragement, family, feelings, good job, happiness, high school, home, homeschool, homeschooling, inspiration, joy, lessons, life, life decisions, life lessons, love, love of my life, mom, mommies, mommy, moms, mother, motherhood, mothering, parenthood, parenting, passion, passionate, perfection, raising children, raising teenagers, raising teens, relationships, sacrifice, sadness, school, single mom, single parenting, stay at home mom, strength, teenage boys, teenage years, teenagers, teens, working mother, writing

• Let’s Talk

  

  I. Am. Tired. It isn’t from lack of sleep, or the one million loads of laundry I just completed. It is from love. The love I dispense on a daily basis is beautiful and exhausting. Each day as I sit to write, my heart tells me who to encourage. I have some unusual categories in…

  Melissa

  September 24, 2019

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  blogging, changes, children, daughters, encouragement, family, feelings, growing up, high school, home, inspiration, life, memories, middle age, mom, mommy, moms, motherhood, raising children, raising teenagers, raising teens, relationships, single dad, single mom, single parenting, sons, thoughts, women, working mom, working mother, writing

• 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

• We’re All Okay

  I wrote this in July of 2015, after my high school reunion. Just feel like sharing it now……. Twenty – five years went by pretty damn fast. I was thrilled to finally be able to make it to a class reunion last night. It’s had me wondering if I am alone in feeling ridiculously sentimental…

  Melissa

  December 5, 2015

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  friendship, glory days, growing up, high school, high school reunion, midlife, reunions, sentimental, teenage years, youth