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Pour Your Heart Out: My Kind of Romance
The most romantic day of the year is this Thursday, right? That’s what we’re supposed to believe. A day to show how much you love someone. Hubs and I? We roll our eyes at Valentine’s Day. Being dorky...
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Pour Your Heart Out: In a Quiet House
At the end of the night, when the house is quiet, I tell myself I will do better tomorrow. I look at the sleeping faces of my boys, so innocent and sweet in their dreams. And I realize how young they...
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I’m Not Apologizing for Being On My Phone: Pour Your Heart Out
If I’m not at home, I most likely have my iPhone or my iPad or both with me. And I’ll use them to check email and respond if need be. Same goes for facebook and twitter. Most of what I’m doing is for...
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Getting Through the Rough Spots in Marriage: Pour Your Heart Out
When we were first married, we were starry-eyed-in-love newlyweds. But really, we didn’t have much of a clue how to be married. Being young, we thought we could float on a cloud of love and that would...
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Thank You for Three Years of Pour Your Heart Out
When I first started blogging, I’d write just about anything. Silly stuff, book reviews, whatever was going on with my kids and my marriage, recipes… all things “mom.” But what I noticed was that it...
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Pour Your Heart Out: It’s Not Okay
When your child picks up a handful of dirt, walks over to another child, calls him a name, and throws the dirt right in his face… while you sit mere feet away and say nothing…. you are teaching him...
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Pour Your Heart Out: You Could Judge Me For….
You could judge me for the age I was when I had my first baby. For where I was living, I was an older mom. For where I’m from, I was a young mom. I’ve heard it from both sides. You could judge me for...
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Pour Your Heart Out: Speaking Up
Last year, I was pretty quiet about it. Still being new to this world and not being sure what I should say. Or if I should say anything at all. To be completely honest, a year later, I still wasn’t...
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Pour Your Heart Out: Sharing Some of Our Special Needs
In the spirit of Autism Awareness Month, I’m sharing a little bit about what goes on with my kindergartener, who has PDD-NOS, which is on the autism spectrum. Experiences with autism vary so widely-...
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Pour Your Heart Out: Maybe Someday
Earlier this week, I lamented how quickly my 8 year old is growing up. And yet on that same day, an 8 year-old was killed in the tragedy at the Boston Marathon. My screensaver pops to life as I fold a...
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Pour Your Heart Out: Happy Parenting Tears
I started tearing up during my kindergartener’s IEP meeting this year. Not really a shock- I teared up at last year’s too. But this time, it was for a completely different reason. If you’ve never had...
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Why We’re Not Getting Ready for Kindergarten: Pour Your Heart Out
My youngest will turn 5 at the end of May. Old enough to go to kindergarten. But we’re not getting ready for kindergarten. Because we’re going to wait to send him. He just brought home the “I’m five”...
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Pour Your Heart Out: Mixed Emotions for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day always causes mixed emotions for me. I love the idea of celebrating being a mom- the best thing that ever happened to me(yes, even on the crazy days). But my relationship with my own mom...
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Your Blogging Voice: Pour Your Heart Out
That blog is too sarcastic. That blog cusses too much. And that one is all sunshine all the time and seems fake. That blog talks about subjects I don’t think should see the light of day. And that blog...
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Pour Your Heart Out: Finding Home
For the past ten years, “home” has been wherever my husband and then our kids were. Wherever we were together, that was my home. And while I believe that sentiment with all my heart, there was an...
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Pour Your Heart Out: Carrying the Baby
Five years old and he hangs heavy on my hip. His legs swinging down near my knees and his head rests on my shoulder. I carry him to the van upon his request, even though it’s hot and he’s getting too...
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Pour Your Heart Out: Pick Up the Phone
I adore social media. Blogging, facebook, twitter, instagram, pinterest and google plus. It’s an easy way to stay connected to people and to meet new friends. I sometimes look at my phone when it rings...
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Pour Your Heart Out: A Reevaluation
My seven year-old has the cutest smile- missing teeth and all. He has fabulous hair(that NO, Hubs cannot get cut!). He gives the best hugs. And oh, how he loves his mama. He’s grown so much this year....
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Pour Your Heart Out: Reevaluation Results
I went into last week’s reevaluation thinking I’d braced myself for whatever they were going to throw at me. My son is who he is, we’ve found some great ways to help him, he’s making progress, so...
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Pour Your Heart Out: Knocked Down
I love the good parenting days. When everything just seems so easy. Sure, there are little bumps along the way, but they get smoothed over pretty quickly. Of course the days aren’t perfect, but they...
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