By Beck I’ve been writing about Halloween every day recently – or more accurately, I’ve been attempting to write tongue-in-check horror posts about children’s books. And so of course as soon as I decided to do that, I started being told tons of interesting stories that just cry out to be written. Like this one…
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Pregnancy Journal – To Sleep, Perchance To Dream
By Kelly I woke up this morning and saw Corey standing in the middle of the bedroom getting dressed for work. The kids were bouncing on some cushions on the floor, which they undoubtedly stripped off my white reading chairs in the corner. I struggled to get out of bed and join the party, but…
How To Win The War Against Terror
By Melodee Today’s task: Sort through last year’s school books, box up the non-consumables, discard the workbooks in the recycling bin, open up new boxes of materials, inventory and shelf them. After I unpacked the new materials from K12.com, I realized that I was missing an entire box of materials. I’d noticed an uneven number…
Your Inner Child
By Mary Yesterday while reading the blogs of friends, I came across this lovely post by Journey Mama, Something I Know Is True. If you haven’t read it yet, do, OK? Often in the midst of my busy list-filled day, I forget the playful side of myself, the little girl. The one who wants to…
Our Doubts are Traitors and Make us Lose the Good We Oft Might Win. . .
by Rachel . . .Yes, I actually just quoted Shakespeare. It’s okay, you don’t have to clap. My child is two years and two months old. She still sleeps with a paci. She ONLY gets it for sleep – and has since 9 months old. However, I’ve been feeling guilty about her still having it…
Trick Or Treat
By Beck “I want to be a jellyfish for Halloween,” The Baby announced, which only gave me a moment’s pause. Okay! I said. Be a jellyfish. That would be awesome. A few minutes later, I was flipping through the family magazine she’d been reading and found the jellyfish costume that had inspired her, and was…
Pregnancy Journal: “Morning” Sickness
By Kelly Welcome back to the Pregnancy Journal here at 5 Minutes for Parenting. You can find more information about this project here. You know those medical professionals who say each pregnancy is different? Hogwash. In my experience, it’s hogwash. Each of my pregnancies – and this is my fifth – have been identical. I…
My Sunday-Go-To-Meetin’ Shirt
By Veronica Like many mothers on a budget, I don’t spend much money on my appearance. I have four daughters to clothe – and they look so adorable in those clothes – so I would rather buy dresses for them than one for myself. On Sundays, they go to church dressed in childish finery, while…
The Downish Side of Delaying or Opting Out of Vaccinations, Although I am Very Much Still on the Side of Healthy Caution
By Megan It was one of those weekends that’ll leave you wandering around in your baggy pajama bottoms muttering to yourself by Sunday late-afternoon. One of those weekends that you look back on and think, yep, that was a “what-doesn’t-kill-you-makes-you-stronger” situation, is what that was. And it was. And we’re still alive, so I’m assuming…
It’s there.
By Stephanie I was talking to a friend, sharing a certain experience and trying to grow through my feelings, about the letting go of past hurts, past circumstances. Sometimes do you think that holding on to the hurt can be more painful than the hurt? It feels that way sometimes. It clouds the mind. It…