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I thought my third child was the flu. I guessed it might be something else when I still didn’t have any energy after three weeks.

I always assumed Tommy’s first language would be English. Nope, it was Klingon. I recognized the sounds since I’m a Star Trek fan, but I

I hid vegetables in my children’s food not for their nutrition, but to avoid their criticism. With three kids and a foggy memory, I didn’t

We went more than a month ordering Chinese food. When the delivery guy showed up he was very relieved we were all okay. At that

“Stubbornness becomes persistence which leads to your success as an adult, If I let you live that long.” I told my children that far too

Tommy’s feet barely touched the ground when he returned from his fifth grade class trip. He looked like he was floating along instead of walking

For me, one of the hard parts of being a parent was not swearing. It’s a great way to vent frustration that I’ve had since

My mother-in-law said the child on the bottom during a fight was probably the one who started it. She successfully raised five kids, the including

When I said I love you, my daughter replied, “Yeah, and I have a yellow car.” She said this at age 3, yet it was

“Stubbornness becomes persistence which leads to your success as an

I cursed myself for buying Kay insulated snow pants that

The produce section of the grocery store used to give

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