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Dim Sum and Doughnuts

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Parenthood & Parenting Tips

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

You’re Not Alone (X)

July 23, 2016

I’m not saying these are all about me. I’m just saying if you feel ANY of it, you’re not alone. You’re not alone if… 1. Your house is a mess and so is your hair and your nails and pretty much … [Read more...] about You’re Not Alone (X)

Filed Under: Parenthood & Parenting Tips, You're Not Alone Tagged With: growing up, momhood, momlife, parenting is hard, the struggle is real, tired mommy

A Little Help With Homesickness…

June 25, 2016

The first day of camp is an emotionally driven day filled with bittersweet, mixed feelings. Excitement and anxiety are literally playing Tug-of-War in the stomach of almost every parent and … [Read more...] about A Little Help With Homesickness…

Filed Under: Camp Life, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: camp blog, Camp Homesick, camp letters, Camp Tanuga, camp tips parents, Camplife, coping with homesickness, homesick, homesickness, how to deal with homesickness, letters to camp, overnight camp

It Really Does Take A Village

June 8, 2016

When I moved away for college, I didn’t think I was coming back. I loved Michigan; I just always assumed I’d end up somewhere else. I lived in Columbus, Ohio for several years after college, but when … [Read more...] about It Really Does Take A Village

Filed Under: Adoption, Friendship, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: Adopted kids, Beverly Elementary Michigan, Beverly Hills Police Department, chinese adoption, Community support, Find your family home, Good friends, Good neighbors, It takes a village, It takes a village to raise a child, teacher life

What To Do When You’re Totally Losing It At The End Of The School Year

June 5, 2016

  (From The Archives, June 2014) The end of the school year is a crazy time of recitals, parties and graduations---and with those events come times, dates and rules. For me, it all got very … [Read more...] about What To Do When You’re Totally Losing It At The End Of The School Year

Filed Under: Parenthood & Parenting Tips, Rants Tagged With: detroit blog, end of school year, frustrated mom, fun with mommy, lessons learned, life as a mom, life as a parent, mommy is losing it, motherhood is hard, skip day

Mother’s Day

May 7, 2016

(From The Archives, May 2014) Every once in a while I do a NO BOYS ALLOWED post. This is one of those posts: … [Read more...] about Mother’s Day

Filed Under: Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: lessons, life of a parent, momlife, mommyhood, Mother's Day, motherhood, parenthood, parenting, parenting blogger

How To Deal With Mean Girls

May 4, 2016

Mean Girls are like bumble bees. They come and they go, but when they come, they’re looking to sting. I have been stung by Mean Girls, and I have also done the stinging. What’s more, for the last … [Read more...] about How To Deal With Mean Girls

Filed Under: Camp Life, Friendship, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: best friends, bitchy, building confidence, burn book, dirty looks, diversity, don't look at me, feeling left out, friends, girl groups, girls who are mean, greatest people you'll ever meet, mean girls, part of growing up, rite of passage, sassy, school, secrets, she doesn't even go here, so fetch, stop trying to make fetch happen, walk home bitches, wednesdays we wear pink, you can't sit with us

Walt Disney’s Progress Report

April 30, 2016

(From The Archives: July, 2011) My girls aren't big into TV. They like the show Imagination Movers, but outside of that, TV is not really their thing. Disney movies are what's big in our house. … [Read more...] about Walt Disney’s Progress Report

Filed Under: Parenthood & Parenting Tips, Rants Tagged With: adoption blogger, daughters, Disney characters as role models, Disney costumes, Disney movies, eminem, growing up, Grunge, help with parenting, humor blog, lessons, life of a parent, lifestyle blogger, momlife, mommyhood, motherhood, Nirvana, parenting blogger, The Beatles

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