Tag: thoughts

• Hope in the New Year

  

  I recently took a really, really deep breath. I am certain I am not alone in the deep breath crowd. The holidays are fun, but wow, they nearly kill me every year. I hesitate to say that out loud because I never want my children to think I hate the holidays or that they themselves […]

  Melissa

  January 5, 2021

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  2020, COVID-19, encouragement, family, happy new year, holiday season, hope, inspiration, lockdown, love, middle age, midlife, motherhood, new year, parenting, raising children, raising teenagers, rest, self care, single mom, stress, thoughts

• 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

• How to Homeschool

  

  I have received quite a few requests lately, asking how to homeschool. The reason for the sudden interest, is of course the pandemic we are living in, and some tough decisions parents and schools are trying to make about school in the fall. So I thought why not do some writing on the topic, as […]

  Melissa

  July 23, 2020

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• Mothers – Don’t Forget to Exhale

  

  Here they are…in all their glory….This was Sunday night, and I had just gotten my babies back after their weekend with dad. I was so exhausted after two insomniac nights, but there’s not a chance I would turn down my four children wanting to plop on my bed and just hang out. How sweet is […]

  Melissa

  July 15, 2020

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  adulthood, changes, exhale, family, feelings, growing up, growing up too fast, home, inspiration, life, love, middle age, motherhood, parenthood, parenting, parents, raise them well, raising babies, raising children, raising teenagers, raising teens, raising tweens, relationships, single dad, single mom, single mother, single motherhood, single parenting, thoughts, what is motherhood

• Facebook Friends

  Sometimes life is hard…like really, really hard. For any of you reading this – I am proud of you. You have most likely been through something tough in your life by now, and you are still here. You are still trying. Some stages of life are like that. We just try our best, every day. […]

  Melissa

  March 2, 2020

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• Pacing The Floors and Learning To Streak

  

  When trying to stalk your teenage son, to find out his whereabouts…you’ve got to be clever. You’ve got to think like a teenage boy, so he is not embarrassed by you. Here are some tactics I have found to work like a charm when my son is out and about with friends, and I am […]

  Melissa

  February 18, 2020

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  blogging, changes, encouragement, family, feelings, home, humor, inspiration, life, memories, middle age, mom, moms, motherhood, parenthood, parenting, raise them well, raising children, raising teenagers, raising teens, raising tweens, relationships, single dad, single mom, single parenting, snapchat, texting, thoughts

• Sometimes We Have To Change.

  

  This morning I woke up my 10 year old daughter. Need I say more? I’ll explain for those of you who don’t have kids in double digits. Waking a child who doesn’t like to get up, is a frightening experience. Maybe you can imagine waking a momma bear sleeping with her baby cubs as you […]

  Melissa

  February 6, 2020

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• Stop Empowering Me

  

  On my quest to live my life my way, with little concern for what others think about it, I hit speed bumps daily. This learning to love oneself isn’t as easy as it sounds. It has to be more than just a nice little love. It’s got to be an in your face, you are mine and […]

  Melissa

  February 5, 2020

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• Less Pressure. More Oreos.

  

  Something struck me as funny last night, as I was hurrying my children out of the house and into the minivan. I thought…..I’m not as good as I used to be. Yet, I also think I am better. We were heading for the school Christmas program. My 13 year old son wore his shirt untucked, […]

  Melissa

  December 19, 2019

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• Be Careful

  

  My morning started with a bang, literally, as the garage door hit the front of my car on its way down. My son was in the driver’s seat and all I could muster out of my very sleepy mouth was, “Careful!” In his defense…careful of what? The poor guy probably felt helpless trying to assess […]

  Melissa

  November 26, 2019

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