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It’s Senior Year.
Dear Senior Moms and Dads, Here were are, summer of Senior Year. We’ve all started to look at each other a little differently, haven’t we? We wonder how we arrived at this place so quickly. I’ve been here once before, so … Continue reading
Future Daughter in Laws, You are a terrifying reality.
It was just like I remembered. Sweaty palms, re-checking the outfit (don’t want to try too hard, don’t want to be too casual), wondering if it would go well, worrying she wouldn’t like me, conflicted on whether to hug or … Continue reading
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A Mother’s Day Pact
Mother to Mother, let me wish you a Happy Mother’s Day, and allow me to give you a gift. It’s not a massage or a handmade card or even a nice dinner. As a matter of fact, it’s the antithesis … Continue reading
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Tagged 40s, aging, children, confidence, family, getting older, Happy Mother's Day, life lessons, moms, Mother, Mother's Day, mothers, musings, parenthood, parenting, women
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Life Lessons from 1983
The 8th Grade Dinner Dance was the biggest thing I could imagine to end my tenure as a middle schooler. We didn’t all take dates but we did get dressed up in what our mothers would have called our Sunday … Continue reading
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I did not greet motherhood with the grace I had hoped for. As a matter of full disclosure, I distinctly remember looking over at the baby in the bassinet beside my hospital bed and thinking, “That’s a cute baby” as … Continue reading
Sweating (and swearing) through the Winter of My Discontent
It’s one of the coldest winters in recent history. So cold, in fact, that the weather people have taught us all a new phrase: Arctic Vortex. It is so cold that when asked how they are, people don’t even reply, … Continue reading
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How the Water Works Makes the Water Work earned me a spot in the West Virginia State Science Fair in 1982. I was in the 7th grade and while my project was pretty awesome, it’s time I come clean. I … Continue reading
A Gift to My Daughters-in-Law. Wherever you may be.
I’m not a good Christmas Mother. I rationalize that I’m setting the bar fairly low for the mother’s of my grandchildren. But the truth is, I think I’m just too practical (translation=lazy). My little group has some Traditions (explained here: https://40somethinglessons.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/a-traditional-lesson/), … Continue reading
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Tagged 40s, children, christmas, courage, family, holiday, home, life lessons, moms, motherhood, mothers, musings, parenting, parents, santa claus, traditions
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Some gifts last forever.
I found a card recently that included a letter I wrote to my mom on Mother’s Day. The letter offered her, as a gift, my promise to be the kind of mother to my children that she was to me. … Continue reading
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Lessons from 40 Something 