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Preparing for Memorial Day

May 30, 2010

I am amazed at the number of things I look at differently because I have children. I didn’t think I was uber-selfish, but the more I age, the more I realize I should rethink that assumption. I remember in Kindergarten learning the Pledge of Allegiance. The words didn’t mean much to me; but I felt [...]

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Amy-isms, #462

May 6, 2010

Amy is 3 ½ now, which really is a very, very fun age. OK, well, she’s fun when she’s not screaming or schreeching or bullying one of her sisters. Or tantruming. Or waking up. But that’s another post entirely, isn’t it? My point is that, no doubt, there will be many posts describing my youngest daughter utilizing [...]

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Reality Check 472: Eating is But One, Minor Component of Mealtime

April 21, 2010

You may recall me describing my insistence on suppers together, at the table, where we start with prayer and end by waiting until everyone has finished eating (and THAT’S a loose phrase, because three-fifths of us seem to have distinctly different ideas about what being “finished eating” means….). I wouldn’t call my children picky eaters, [...]

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Parenting At the Edge

April 17, 2010

I sincerely hope you are in a better mood than I am. I feel I am being faced more and more with my parenting failures. Disobedient, even defiant children have become much more the norm in our house lately, and I am seriously troubled by it. Claire, my third-grader, remains largely sweet and playful. It [...]

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