Tag: mommies

• Stop Telling Teenagers This Isn’t That Bad

  

  I have heard it said a lot lately, that teenagers should quit moping, after all they don’t have it as bad as a senior in high school during the Vietnam war did. Agreed. For sure. Every era has their own bad time. As a 48 year old myself, I’d say this current situation with the Coronavirus…

  Melissa

  May 9, 2020

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  anxiety, bad mood, children, Coronovirus, COVID-19, emotional health, emotions, extrovert, friendship, kids, lockdown, lonely, mental health, mommies, motherhood, pandemic, parenting, parents, raising children, raising teenagers, raising teens, raising tweens, shelter in place, single mom, single motherhood, single parenting, stay home, summer job, teenagers, tweens

• 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

• Life Lessons and Fake Cheese

  

  Today I experienced something that brought to life and invigorated my senses. I tasted fine cuisine, smelled the country air, and stood in awe of creatures only seen up close by a few. Yes – I went to a country fair. The Sandwich Fair…nope – it isn’t a fair where you can taste the world’s…

  Melissa

  September 5, 2019

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  blogging, childhood, childhood memories, children, country fair, county fair, encouragement, field trip, home education, homeschool, homeschooling, inspiration, love, middle age, mommies, mommy, motherhood, raising children, raising teenagers, raising teens, sandwich Illinois, school, sentimental, single dad, single mom, single parenting, stay at home mom, working mom

• Peace, Love, and Midlife

  

  Please tell me who I am supposed to be when I grow up, because I can’t seem to figure it out. I have always been “different.” I have never run with the crowd. I swim upstream. March to the beat of a different drum…What other cliche phrases can I use to describe myself? It used…

  Melissa

  August 23, 2019

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  childhood, children, encouragement, family, home education, homeschool, homeschooling, inspiration, love, middle age, midlife, midlife crisis, mom, mommies, mommy, moms, motherhood, peace, raising children, rest, self care, self esteem, single dad, single mom, single parenting, stay at home mom, working mom

• Yes Mom and Donuts

  

  We kicked off summer break with a sleepover last night and donuts this morning. I know….I rock. Being a single mom is really tough sometimes. (auto correct changed single to sinful and I thought that was quite amusing) It’s lonely. However, there are perks to being the only adult in charge, in a house full…

  Melissa

  May 25, 2019

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  blogging, encouragement, inspiration, it takes a vilage, memories, mommies, mommy, moms, motherhood, parenthood, parenting, raising children, raising teenagers, raising teens, single dad, single mom, single parenting, sleepovers, stay at home mom, working mom

• Shiraz And World Peace

  

  And then there is mom. Pretty sure I’d fall to pieces without dear old mom. We say that so light heartedly sometimes – “dear old mom.” The reality is, really, I would fall to pieces. Anyone who knows me well, knows this to be true. My friends often envy my relationship with my mother, and…

  Melissa

  April 5, 2019

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  encouragement, friendship, girlfriends, inspiration, mom, mommies, mommy, motherhood, parenthood, parenting, raising children, self care, shiraz, single mom, stress, wine

• Less Change, More Joy

  

  And this is how my life goes…..I started this a month ago. Wow – how a month has flown by!……. Watching my belongings disappear into boxes today. I’ve experienced this more times than I care to count. Ok, I kind of want to count….14 times in 23 years, mostly state to state moves. Yeah, I’m…

  Melissa

  July 25, 2017

  Aprons, Heels

  aging, change, divorce, dreams, featured, forties, goals, homeschooling, inspiration, joy, living, midlife, mommies, motherhood, moving, pain, parenting, passion, purpose, women