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You’re Going to Explode! You’re Pissed Off: How to Keep Your Emotions from Taking Over

What do you do when you feel yourself about to react negatively? And thats putting it lightly! You know the point when things are about to get UGG-LY. You feel like you have been pushed too far and youre about to scream. When butting heads with your kids doesnt even come close to describing it? When your co-worker is being completely unreasonable? Your family is driving you MAD! Its a hellish moment and you are on the verge of bursting into a Mommy monster. The key to not reacting is to be the observer. The Observer vs. The Reactor

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Surviving a Miscarriage During The Pandemic

Of course, during National Infertility Awareness Week and a pandemic, I have a miscarriage. One in eight women has infertility in various forms. A miscarriage is not infertility, but a lot of people experiencing infertility also experience miscarriages. The women I have met from the infertility community are some of the best people I know.…

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Turn Your Child’s Art Into a Beautiful Memory Book

My eldest daughter is now in Kindergarten and the preschool days are behind her. Sniff, sniff. I kept every scribble, every restaurant coloring place mat, every Froot Loop necklace in a box. A BIG box. I love her art! I celebrate her art! Someday I’ll have to give that giant box to her, plus another 10, full of elementary school art. And then there is the awkward junior high art… and those boxes will most likely sit in her garage until she has to tearfully throw them all away because she’s moving to an apartment in New York. SO sad.