Parenting from the Toilet Trenches
After weaning my youngest off the boob at the ripe old age of 19 months, I’ve reflected on my whole breastfeeding experience. I want to share in case you’re ready to pop out an infant and wondering if breastfeeding is for you or not. When my oldest was born, we did not really turn to …
If you look at Tawanda “Tee” Hanible’s life today you might just see a bright and shiny success. She absolutely radiates positivity and has these amazing life experiences. On first glance, you would never know the humble roots she came from or the struggles she endured to get where she is today. In her first …
It has taken me 36 years to wear shorts comfortably. So many of my summers were spent denying how hot it was while sweat pooled up in my jeans, affirming my preference for capri pants or looking like and old timey safari guy in knee-length shorts. Since the dawn of time, I have hated my …
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As I walked with my kids up to the playground at our local elementary school, I noticed the ground was littered with empty soda bottles, candy wrappers and beer bottles (way to keep it classy, Fredericksburg). I wished for a trash bag and one of those litter sticks they give to the prisoners doing highway …
Over the years of creating life, I’ve packed on quite a few pounds. I gained a normal amount of weight with each pregnancy, lost about half of it following birth and then slowly regained. As my weight crept higher and higher, I started to care less and less about it, and was starting to accept …
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When you work for an MLM (multi-level market or direct sales company) you usually enter the decision with eyes wide open (not the awful Creed song). You know that it’s not everyone’s cup of tea. There is a stigma that you’re fighting all the time. And that’s fine, I guess. I’m not one to shy …
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As you can all see, it’s been QUITE a while since my last post. The days of parenting are long, but the months just seem to fly by. “I’ll get to writing tomorrow,” turns into the next day and the next and then almost half a year. In addition to parenting 4 kiddos, I’ve been …
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With the exception of the one or two people I know who keep pristine homes, nearly every mom I know (or any woman for that matter), apologizes for the state of her home when I come over. Actually, I’m totally guilty of this too. Though, to be honest, my apology is more like “Sorry my …
Having great hair and being a parent aren’t mutually exclusive. If you’re a parent, you know there’s that brief period of time shortly following the birth of your child (you know, like the first three years or so) when you let some things slip through the cracks. For me, those things are keeping a tidy …
I’m not trying to brag here, but I make pretty intelligent kids. Ok, maybe I’m bragging a little. When they get to school, that’s a fantastic thing. They’re always over-achievers who get great grades and hopefully college scholarships. But when they are tiny and testing the boundaries of what they can get away with, it’s …