Tag: self esteem

• 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

  Uncategorized

  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

• Waking Up

  

  Trust me – there are benefits to midlife. First of all it’s an awakening, not a crisis. Granted, much to the dismay of others, we sometimes awaken to the fact that we need a corvette ASAP. We awaken to the reality that we have put all of our hopes and dreams on hold. Maybe much worse, we…

  Melissa

  April 3, 2019

  Heels, Uncategorized

  awakening, awareness, blogging, career, children, divorce, family, friends, friendship, inspiration, marriage, middel age, midlife, midlife crisis, motherhood, parenthood, parenting, raising children, relationships, self aware, self care, self esteem, selfish, single dad, single mom, single parenting

• Fairy Fail

  

    I fail often. As I ponder the areas of my life that need improvement, I am well aware that one of my greatest failures in life is the act of being the Tooth Fairy. Yes, I suck at it. The thing is, who came up with the brilliant idea that we should wait until…

  Melissa

  February 4, 2016

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  childhood, children, daughters, failure, midlife, motherhood, parenting, patience, raising children, self esteem, stay at home moms, tooth fairy