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So Long, Sweet Summertime

admin / August 25, 2019

Last Sunday night our kiddos stayed out well past when the street lights came on riding scooters with neighborhood friends. Yes, of course, with adult supervision. They played ‘dog chasing cat’, something about a force field, hooted and hollered and came in sweaty messes of pure childhood fun.  It was the perfect way to spend the ‘last Sunday night ’…

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Celebrating 10 Years of Southern Living

admin / January 9, 2019

In college I had been dating a guy for 2 weeks. We were falling hard and fast for each other, so I knew I needed to tell him before things got any more serious. I planned on moving to the beach after I graduated. Specifically somewhere in North Carolina. I had known this my whole life. Before I decided this…

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Mom Hacks

The 2 Best Morning Routine Hacks for Kids

The 2 best morning routine hacks for kids. Save time, and your sanity!
admin / October 17, 2018

Back to school. Three of my least favorite words in the English language.  It’s not that my kids don’t like school. So far #1 loves it. And I loved it. It’s just that I hate having to re-enter the world of such strict routine.  When I feel like the only thing I say to my kids are orders. And the…

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Favorite Things, Finished Thoughts

A Sweet Lesson in Giving Back

Our family at our 2016 Lemonade Stand to benefit Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation.

Post Updated 5/2019 with current stand information. I couldn’t wait to have kids that were old enough to sell lemonade at a lemonade stand. It is one of those mom-dreams, like catching fire flies and cloud gazing, that I would fantasize about when imagining life with kids.  Does it get any better? And then one day as I was feeding…

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Being Enough, On Mother’s Day and Always

How to be enough as a Mother, on Mother's Day and always.

Motherhood.   Wow, what a rush, huh?! An endless cycle of need and want and guilt and never feeling like you’re enough.     Yesterday evening I found myself in the Emergency Department, tapping my toe waiting on the doctor who said “give me a few minutes,” to come back and sew up my middle daughter’s lip. (I always knew…

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To My First Baby, On Your 7th Birthday

  Hi Baby,   I know that you think that word ‘baby’ doesn’t apply anymore, but you’ve got to accept that to me it always will.   But I want to tell you a secret.   I’m glad you’re not a baby anymore.   This past year with you has actually been one of my favorites.  6 was so much…

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Finished Thoughts, Holidays

Easter Basket Ideas

Easter Basket Ideas for kids along with other things you need for an egg-cellent Easter!

This post contains affiliate links, which just means I may make a commission from purchases made through these links but at no extra cost to you.   I love Easter.  A sign of new life, the promise of warmer weather, and chocolate.  Plus, almost 7 years ago the Easter Bunny brought us our first baby on Easter Sunday.  Needless to…

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DIY

Closet Office Makeover (Husband Version)

The husband's version of the closet office makeover. He takes you step by step on how we went from an overstufed closet office to this.

 This post contains affiliate links. This just means that if you make a purchase through any of the post links, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. See my full disclosure here. For this post, please give a warm welcome to my husband! This is his version of the Closet Office Makeover (Wife Version) to…

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DIY

Closet Office Makeover (Wife Version)

Learn how we took a closet from this to something much, MUCH more beautiful in the Closet Office Makeover post.

This post contains affiliate links. This just means that if you make a purchase through any of the post links, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. See my full disclosure here. Today, I am {finally] inviting you into my new happy place.  My new and improved closet office.  But because it is so important…

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