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I had to stifle my laughter…
“Mom, that car is named after a horse.” “Mmmhmm. You’re right, honey.” “It’s named after a $*cking bronco!” 😳😳😳 “Sweetie, it’s called a BUCKing bronco.” Does parenting look different than you ever imagined? Join Mom Flies Solo creator Michele Fiala for a FREE Live Webinar, Parenting Through the Unexpected.
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Best Piece of Advice I Ever Received. Period.
This is the 4th part in my series on the best advice I’ve received. Friends, we have arrived at #1 in the countdown. Drumroll please… The best piece of advice I’ve ever received is: Build a life from which you don’t need a vacation. (I’ll add that I strongly support taking vacations anyway…😉) But how…
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Best Piece of Advice I Ever Received, Part 3
And the runner up for Best Piece of Advice I Ever Received is….. “Don’t negotiate against yourself.” An acquaintance (with whom I was involved in a transaction) gave me this advice. She delivered the advice delivered off-handedly while passed each other on a run. Bells instantly rang in my head. Those bells reverberated through me…
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Best Advice I’ve Ever Received, Part 1
This is the first part of a series on the best advice I’ve ever received. Over the next four weeks, I’ll write about statements that have altered my life and inspired me for years. Although it’s impossible to rank their importance, I will attempt to count them down, Casey Kasem style. “And coming in at…
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All the Memberships
I’m the kind of mom who buys all the memberships. Science center, botanical garden, zoo: if you can name it, I will buy a membership to it. I know a family who buys only one membership per year. They go to that place once a month for 12 months and then buy a different membership for the…
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Interdependence Day
Today is the 4th of July. It is a great day because I woke up healthy. Three years ago, I feared that I might not. I was in the emergency room, listening intently to the young doctor who had just examined my CT scan. “You have five masses in your abdomen,” she stated perfunctorily. “It…
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Excuse Me: I Have an Announcement to Make
How old does your child have to be before you remember not to declare loudly, “I’m going to go pee in the potty!” when you are with a group of adults? #askingforafriend
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Dating for Moms
Browsing on dating sites, I see so many guys who write that they are looking for spontaneity. These guys clearly do not have kids. The only spontaneity that happens after parenthood takes the form of either a temper tantrum or a stomach virus. Sometimes both. Just the word “spontaneous” is enough to strike fear into…
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Visual Calendars Rock
In my recent post “Where the Wild Kids Are,” I discussed my how I equip myself for life with a super-active child. A visual calendar is another essential in our household. I bought this set of SchKIDules magnets with pictures of all of our common daily activities: I then bought several portable, magnetic dry-erase boards…
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What’s in your boots?
This morning as my son was putting his rain boots on, he stopped abruptly. “There’s something in my boot.” I picked up the boot and turned it over, expecting to find a rock. Instead, four cherry tomatoes rolled onto the floor. I picked one off of the ground and saw that it was moldy. “Did…
