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8 Ways Parenting Changes When You’re a Widowed, Solo Parent

After some research, I’ve been able to consolidate the wealth of feedback I received into several common threads. Though they are compartment

Missing Father Figures

After some research, I’ve been able to consolidate the wealth of feedback I received into several common threads. Though they are compartment

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How To Stay Sane When Solo Parenting – COVID-Edition

How to stay sane when parenting alone. Written by an only parent to two vibrant children, who manages to stay sane by following this simple checkli

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Have A Fantastic Guilt-Free, Family Do Nothing Day

When you get to that point at any point, you know yourself best. I don’t know what stage you’re at in your grief. But when you hit your

Why My Kids’ Mental Health Mandates Going Back To School During Covid

I’ve been honored to write a guest post for a wonderful website called MindSpeaks. They reached out asking for a piece on mental health – I decided to take the current situation at hand: my kids’ mental health during covid. This post is where I talk about the pro’s and con’s of sending your child …

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Hands-On Math Activities Using Playdough

Trying to home-school my kids during this Covid-19 lock-down has been hard, especially as they are four years apart. Math is a very conceptual concept, so I wanted a fun way to teach them using hands-on math activities using playdough! It may not seem like it, but the activities that a preschooler likes are a …

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Choose Your Battles

Some days are longer than others. I don’t know about you, but during this Corona Virus home stay lock-down most days blend into each other and the hours stretch looong. Now that we’re all stuck together 24/7 with no reprieve, without our usual outlets of school or social life, we’re all getting a little wiggy. …

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Handcrafted Churros

The best handcrafted churros should be made with your little ones helping. The delight in their eyes when they watch the dough puff up and turn brown in the oily bubbles is intoxicating. Just leave the actual frying to the adults. This post contains affiliate links. These are products that I use myself and believe …

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Keeping Busy When Isolating With Kids

Self Isolation With Kids. The world is under house arrest, aka social distancing because of the worldwide pandemic Convid-19, aka Corona Virus. No, not from drinking beer. Not the Chinese Flu. A very serious virus with no cure, no vaccine, that can infect anyone and is spreading worldwide rapidly. This week, I’ve been home with …

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Being An Only Parent

I’ve been watching This Is Us on Netflix, and as expected it pulls the heartstrings. For me personally, it really hits home. I too lost my love u

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