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Marriage and Family

Intrusive In Laws, Awkward Moments and Family Questions

August 14, 2016

Welcome to Mailbag Monday 7.0! Our first question comes from the Dim Sum and Doughnuts email inbox: Hi, I have a husband and 3 kids. We are both Greek and our family life is a lot like the movie … [Read more...] about Intrusive In Laws, Awkward Moments and Family Questions

Filed Under: Adoption, Mailbag Monday!, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: adoption blog, advice blog, awkward parenting moments, help with parenting, in laws, intrusive in laws, parenting blog

If You Should Fall

August 8, 2016

During the winter of 2015, one of my friends posted a video chronicling three different athletes and their road to the Olympics. The video started on the ice when the athletes were babies. They were … [Read more...] about If You Should Fall

Filed Under: Camp Life, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: Getting back on the horse, growing up is hard, New normal, no pain no gain, parenting blog, part of growing up, pay it forward, summer camp blog

The Easier Way To Live

August 6, 2016

(From The Archives, March 2013) What’s so ironic about Dim Sum and Doughnuts is that I’m writing it so my girls have something of “me” when they get older, but, at the same time, I never have any … [Read more...] about The Easier Way To Live

Filed Under: Friendship, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: acceptance, accepting a friend, forgiveness, friendship blog, high expectations, moving on from a friend, when friends let you down

When You’re Feeling Left Out

July 31, 2016

In the last month, five different people from five different age groups have said something to me about feeling "left out” of friendships.  FIVE different people. FIVE different age groups. I guess … [Read more...] about When You’re Feeling Left Out

Filed Under: Friendship, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: feeling left out, FOMO, Good friends, growing up, growing up is hard, hurt feelings, mean girls, metro detroit blogger, not including everyone, part of growing up

LEGENDS AND WARRIORS

July 18, 2016

I love everyone when I first meet them. I have always been like that. It's how I am. From there, I will either love you more, the same, or less. I work from the top down. My husband is the opposite. … [Read more...] about LEGENDS AND WARRIORS

Filed Under: Camp Life, Marriage and Family Tagged With: inspirational people, memorable people, new campers, overnight camp, returning campers, rise to the occasion

Mailbag Monday! How To Find Downtime And Deal With Sucky People

July 12, 2016

    Mailbag Monday #6! I picked two topics/questions for this installment. Feel free to agree, disagree or add on because we all know I have no business answering questions from … [Read more...] about Mailbag Monday! How To Find Downtime And Deal With Sucky People

Filed Under: Friendship, Mailbag Monday!, Marriage and Family Tagged With: Busy Mom, hard lessons, How do I find time for me, how to deal with mean girls, lessons learned, Mom Life, Mom Time, scheduling time for yourself

In Defense Of Black Dogs: The Bruno Marshall Story

May 15, 2016

(From the archives: February, 2015) I read an article once that said "Black dogs are less likely to be adopted than dogs of other colors." I never forgot that article because I didn't understand. Why … [Read more...] about In Defense Of Black Dogs: The Bruno Marshall Story

Filed Under: Adoption, Dogs Rule, Marriage and Family Tagged With: adoption blogger, baby adoption, Black Dogs, Black Labs, chinese adoption, detroit dogs, dog adoption, dog blogger, dog love, dog racism, dog rescue, dogs as pets, family dog, growing up, How to find a dog, Lab Rescue, lessons learned, pets

After The Wait

April 28, 2016

The sucky part about almost anything is the wait: Waiting in line, waiting your turn, waiting to get served. All of it. Sucks. Sometimes the wait isn’t that bad, but that’s usually for something that … [Read more...] about After The Wait

Filed Under: Adoption, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: adoption as an option, adoption blogger, adoption paperwork, adoptive parents, bio children vs adopted children, chinese adoption, exploring adoption, fertility treatments, having a baby, Infertility awareness, Infertility Awareness Week, international adoption, life of an adopted parent, life with an adopted child, parenting blogger, raising adopting children, why adoption

Why My Kids Are Going To End Up In Therapy

April 15, 2016

When you're a parent, you can tell your kid to do pretty much anything you want and they have to do it. I’m not making any recommendations, or judgments--- I’m just stating a fact: There is great … [Read more...] about Why My Kids Are Going To End Up In Therapy

Filed Under: Adoption, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: adoption, adoption blogger, allegiance, autism, autism awareness, awareness, buckeyes, chinese adoption, detroit, detroit blogger, detroit reppin, education, eminem, good cause, growing up, humor, kids, knowledge, lessons, loyalty, momlife, mommy blogger, motherhood, ohio state university, reppin, represent, slim shady, support

Why Are My Kids Spoiled Brats?

April 7, 2016

There are moments when I look at my girls and I’m so proud of them. Those moments are prized and precious. As parents, we don’t get paid for the job we do, our payment is the product. And the product … [Read more...] about Why Are My Kids Spoiled Brats?

Filed Under: Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: grateful, growing up, humor, kids, lessons, life, momlife, mommy blogger, mommyhood, motherhood, parenting win, perspective, spoiled, ungrateful, values

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