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Mailbag Monday! When You Didn’t Mean To Hit REPLY TO ALL, Teenager Mood Swings and The Big Game

December 12, 2016

It's Mailbag Monday at Dim Sum and Doughnuts! Below are the topics/questions for this installment. Feel free to agree, disagree or add on in the comment section. #ItTakesAVillage Here we go, … [Read more...] about Mailbag Monday! When You Didn’t Mean To Hit REPLY TO ALL, Teenager Mood Swings and The Big Game

Filed Under: Friendship, Mailbag Monday!, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: Apologizing, Go Buckeyes, growing up, hurt feelings, Mom of girls, Mommy Blog, parenting, parenting blog, Teenage Mood Swings, Teenagers

Adoption is a work of heART

November 30, 2016

We first met Marla Michele Must on location at a park in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. Marla contacted us to see if we'd be interested in being featured in an article for which she was being … [Read more...] about Adoption is a work of heART

Filed Under: Adoption, Guest Post, Sum Of This, Sum Of That Tagged With: adoption awareness, adoption photography, metro detroit blogger, metro detroit photographer, Mommy Blog, national adoption month, parenting

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

Being A Camp Director’s Wife

March 30, 2016

(From The Archives: May 5, 2014) My husband, Cody, is one of the directors of an overnight camp for kids in Northern Michigan. Every year, Cody moves up to camp at the end of April to start setting … [Read more...] about Being A Camp Director’s Wife

Filed Under: Camp Life, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: 20's, 30's, 40's, aging, camp, camp visiting day, camper, coney island, detroit, feta cheese, friends, friendship, Greek food, growing up, job, kids, lucky, making mistakes, overnight camp, parenthood, parenting, parents, responsibility, role model, spinach pie, summer camp, swearing

10 Things I Have Learned From Walking My Dog

March 27, 2016

I was taken by surprise last week when the Vet told me my dog, Bruno, was 10 pounds overweight. I knew he was a little plump, but not 10 pounds. I was not happy. I felt like he was basically calling … [Read more...] about 10 Things I Have Learned From Walking My Dog

Filed Under: Dogs Rule, Friendship, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: best friends, bye felicia, crazy people, dog love, dog walking, dogs, don't judge, fresh air, fun, funny, humor, kids, lessons, mean people, mommy, mommy blogger, mommyhood, neighbors, parenthood, parenting, pets, racism, rant, relationships, slow down, walking

When Karma Shows Up At An Eminem Concert

August 28, 2014

My 7 year old daughter, F, got stung by a bee. The story goes that the bee was buzzing around her but she stayed really still and he left. But then he came back. She says he came back and hid … [Read more...] about When Karma Shows Up At An Eminem Concert

Filed Under: Adoption, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: bee sting, comerica park, concert, daughters, detroit, eminem, eminem concert, lessons, lessons learned, marshall mathers, momlife, mommy, mommy blogger, mommyhood, mommylife, motherhood, no patience, parenthood, parenting, parents, patience

6 Things I Learned From a 38 Special Concert

July 9, 2014

A few months ago one of my girlfriends (“Fly”) got a new car---one of those really cool new jeeps. The jeep had 38 miles on it so I started calling it “38 Special.” Right after Fly bought the car, she … [Read more...] about 6 Things I Learned From a 38 Special Concert

Filed Under: Camp Life, Friendship Tagged With: 38 special, 50 cent, aging, camp, camp life, casino concert, comerica park, concert, detroit, eddie money, eminem, flip phone, friends, friendship, fun, getting older, growing up, humor, jeep, leaders, music, northern michigan, obie trice, oldies, overnight camp, parenting, road trip, rock music, tension

Belly Hurts

July 26, 2011

My youngest daughter, Lovey, is currently due for her 2-year-old check up. The doctor’s office is in Petoskey, a cute little town in northern Michigan about 45 minutes away from camp, so I decided to … [Read more...] about Belly Hurts

Filed Under: Camp Life, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: babies, bad dog, camp, dog, dog love, family, family love, first words, golden retriever, good dog, growing up, ho, humor, kids, lessons, love, michigan, momlife, mommy, mommy blogger, mommyhood, motherhood, nothern michigan, overnight camp, parenthood, parenting, parents, petoskey michigan, shots, up north, vaccinations, vet

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