Motherwise Cracks

Adding boyfriends and girlfriends to our happy family brings on some new and strange emotions. While I blush to admit it, I have some uncertainties about this as I notice the changes that things bring on like: Your kids will act uncharacteristically nice around an impressionable new “other” for quite a long time. * Your [...]

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Clean up your act & get on with your life! Those words may sound rather rude but they’re meant to be encouraging and I use them to get my kids headed in the right direction: toward a healthy lifestyle. One thing I’ve found about having a divas approach to life and work is that I [...]

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We love our neighbors – consistent entertainers through the years. Here are my family’s latest favorites. First, the happy cows sign that just went up at the farm at the end of the road. I don’t know why but it was posted earlier this month. This farm is also where, last summer, we witnessed cows [...]

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Home from college, and sensitive to smells, my daughter discovered the mystery of the disappearing socks. My son never has any socks. This is strange because I remember buying him multiple pairs for Christmas, birthday, and shopping trips here, there and everywhere. She followed her nose and found his dirty little secret – the stash [...]

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What is the deal with pants with words across the bottom? I didn’t get it for the longest time. Why would you want anyone to read your backside? Gives new meaning to the term “movable type.” I don’t really think they are flattering either. Something else to worry about looking bad if you sit in [...]

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