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When you’re having a baby, you get a lot of advice. You also get told a lot of “facts” about life once your baby gets here. Some things you just smile and hope beyond hope that whatever someone told you isn’t actually true, and some things you cling to like the actual truth itself.  Obviously, […]

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10 Things People Told Me About Having A Baby That Were Lies.

Have you ever stumbled upon something that just instantly made you so angry that you feel like you truly might explode? Sometimes I wonder what I would do in those situations if I didn’t write. Maybe I actually would explode.  I was writing a post that had the word “assume” so many times that I […]

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Today I Learned I Will Never Be Exceptional (And It’s Only 5:00AM)

I originally wrote this post in response to the prompt “Finding Your Village” on The Today Parenting Team, but given the subject matter, I had to share it here, too!  In May of last year, I received a huge surprise in the form of a positive pregnancy test. It was shocking and I was terrified. So […]

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When Your Village is Virtual.

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