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Ellie meets Kermit the Frog, and my heart smiles.
Ellie is turning two on Monday, which is both mind-boggling and heartwarming. Everyone told me the days would be long, but the years would be short…but I didn’t fully understand until now, how loooooong those days would be, and how shoooooort these years ...
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Originally Posted on 11/21/12 on Lifetime Moms
Much has been written about the downside of single motherhood – and yes, some of that writing has been done by yours truly. Alas, I am not here to tell you that the inability to shower without an audience, or make dinner without a tiny human ...
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A few steps away from the NYC Half-Marathon finish line.
LifetimeMoms: You Are Doing It!
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If you are a mom, scratch that, if you have graduated from college, you may or may not ask yourself from time to time if you still have the ability to have fun like you used to. There is something about responsibility that seems to frighten the fun away…ya know what ...
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A Belated Happy Mother’s Day to you all…here is my latest Lifetime Moms Post: Lessons for Motherhood, Learned From My Mom
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Ellie on the subway.
As Mother’s Day rapidly approaches, I have become very reflective about the way I became a mother. For those of you that aren’t totally read in to “Cara’s Road to Motherhood“, I’ll catch you up to speed. I was dating someone for a couple months, I got pregnant, ...
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Ya know, much has been written about the trials of motherhood. And I will certainly not dispute the exhaustion that comes from the repetition, and the managing, and the worrying, and the repetition, and the repeating of yourself. And as much as that is really a HUGE part of this process, ...
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Do you ever have one of those days when you just feel like you are going to lose it? You know, you feel like you have PMS, but you don’t really have PMS. Well today, I was having one of those days, preceded by a couple of weeks like that…and here ...
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Author: Jill Smokler
ABC News: Is Motherhood Scary?
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A snapshot from my baby shower.
Lifetime Moms: (click here) It’s All Fun and Games Until Your Friends See Your Vagina
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