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#MeToo
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Releasing the Training Wheels
While we were going through the motions of our bedtime ritual, I was helping my 4 YO brush his teeth, and my 7 YO (who had just finished brushing his teeth) was wiping his hands and mouth with his wash rag. He then just stopped and stared at me. I noticed out of the corner…
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Last week while visiting my sister and her family in Florida, my sons and I did what you MUST do when visiting Florida…we went to the beach! While they played in the sand, I decided to walk the shore and look for a purple shell because of my #foreverpurple love affair with Prince. The waves…
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The boys were going through their normal routine of feeding the fish before bedtime. Both fish were swimming as usual, the boys were talking to me and talking to one another when my oldest son, Jacob, noticed “Blue” (our female fish) was no longer swimming. Hudson, my 6 YO, noticed she was on her side…

