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Be A Different Kind Of Mom

Sam on heaven

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It's hard for me to think about this conversation without getting emotional. Truly, it's kind of View Post

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worries, culture, and updates

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Where to start? I've received so many emails and phone calls demanding updates on my "no worries" View Post

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before 30

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You have probably heard of this thing where people list 30 things they want to do before they turn View Post

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funny

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There has been a lot of laughing in our house recently. Also, whining. And a good bit of screaming. View Post

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home organizing

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My family makes fun of me for a few reasons. I am going to assume that it is because they love me. View Post

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the lion in me

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Are you familiar with the animal personality test? I, who am obsessed with personality tests, find View Post

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For future parents

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Someone recently reminded me of the school project where kids carry around a plastic baby that View Post

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Notes from the Underground

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You secret English majors out there probably realize I stole my title from Dostoevsky. Thought it View Post

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Happy Birthday Sam

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Among my many regrets of parenting, perhaps the biggest (although most superficial) is what a View Post

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The Velveeteen Samule

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My parents tell the story over and over about how they left my stuffed lamb (or rather, unstuffed, View Post

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No shortcuts

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I don't really think of myself as a cheater, or lazy. And truth be told, those aren't my weaknesses View Post

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I am no Corrie ten Boom…

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...And I have a broken cell phone to prove it. I will explain that in a minute. But first, it is View Post

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help wanted :-)

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First of all, a few notes. One. I am now completely, utterly confident that people who bring meals View Post

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The jogger, the Westin, baby Ty and me

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We welcomed Ty David into the world 2 1/2 weeks ago. He is healthy, sweet, and the spitting image of View Post

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Raising Boys :)

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It's different than I thought.I'm a caddie, a quarterback, a lineman, and a pitcher. I'm the stalker View Post

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Tailor-made troubles and hand-picked kids

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Do you know who Joni Erikson Tada is? My mom made us watch her bio video when we were kids, and View Post

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my favorite song

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Isn't it funny some of the moments that you remember exactly? For the life of us neither Todd nor I View Post

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Bye Bye Milk

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Poor little Ty. Not even out of the womb and his chances of enjoying a bite of an ice cream cone View Post

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a current events update, from someone very out of the loop

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Confession. I am horrible with current events. Horrible. I told Todd it would be genius if someone View Post

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Love and Lysol

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God speaks to us in different ways. In the old days God spoke through donkeys and whispers and View Post

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a helpful tip? maybe?

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Earlier this week I had the blessing of having a "GI bug." At first I thought I had food poisoning. View Post

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the witching hour

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There is a funny scene in "Marley and Me" where - after they have three kids a dog - the dad is View Post

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on love and worry

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I used to think love was nice. I remember watching “Bed of Roses” (which is probably a horribly made View Post

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things that are worth the money.

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At the risk of sounding like a grandpa, when did things get so expensive? I'm pretty sure I filled View Post

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a letter to me

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It is no secret. I was a horrible new mom. I was selfish, I worried, I stressed, I (gasp) tried to View Post

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santa mommy and other reflections of Christmas 2010

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If you're NOT one of those few who were robbed of Santa as a child (like my brother-in-law Dan, who View Post

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the sayings of sam

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I keep telling myself, you've got to write these down somewhere. And if I had a notebook I carried View Post

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Tidbits

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Blogging is like laundry. The longer you wait to do it, the more overwhelming it is. I'm sure all of View Post

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