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Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. If you have a mom in your life, you now have one day advanced notice to DO SOMETHING SPECIAL. And if you are seriously just realizing that Sunday is Mother’s Day, my guess is that’s one day sooner than last year. I really struggle with wanting and not wanting to be [...]
Tagged as: Compromise, Eating, Mother's Day, Motherhood, Pajamas, Scott, Sleep, Yankee
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Phone rings. I don’t answer because I have one child screaming on my hip and another begging for cupcakes. Phone rings again. I don’t answer because one child is asleep and the other is occupied and I DONT CARE WHO YOU ARE because this happens for less than an hour a day. Phone rings for [...]
Tagged as: Friends, Growing Old, Guilt, iPhone, My Family, Resentments, The South, Yankee
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On our Sunday hike, I am sitting with my daughter at a picnic bench. A man in his late thirties is about ten yards away from us wearing the t-shirt: I Heart Hot Moms. I don’t really get the shirt: Is he a single guy on the prowl for a mom? Single moms? Married moms? [...]
Tagged as: Charity, Fashion, Hiking, Liberal, Scott, The South, Yankee
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My name is Alex Iwashyna. You may also know me as Alexandra, Al, Big Al, the Alex Iwashyna formally known as Alex Nelson, and, of course, Al your Pal (but only when I’m running for office in sixth grade. my catchy slogan that may or may not have been why I lost.) I write a humor [...]
Tagged as: Alex Iwashyna, Alex Nelson, Alexandra Iwashyna, Art of Blogging, Blogging, blogosphere, Christian, freelance writer, God-loving, Hire Me, Humor Blog, Liberal, Marriage, Mom Blog, Motherhood, parenting, Philosophy, political philosophy, Religion, Social Media, stay at home mom, Virginia, visual arts center, Writing, Yankee, Zombies
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I dress my children VERY appropriately and everyone in the South does NOT. Sound defensive, do I? Wait. I have proof
Tagged as: Car Seat, moms, Motherhood, parents, Preschool, Resentments, School and Kids, temper tantrum, The South, Yankee
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