Journal Prompt: What's your favorite and least favorite thing about parenthood? My Journaling: My favorite part of being a mom is spending time with my kids. I love it when I can see the qualities that we share and when I see them accomplish things that I never have. My least favorite part of being a mom is discipline. I’m horrible at it and yet I know that it is so important to have boundaries and to guide my children through their lives. Each Tuesday, I am going to be offering prompts or ideas. If you don't write in your journal regularly - I am going to encourage you to write just ONCE A WEEK and answer the question/idea that I give on Tuesdays. These ideas hopefully will spark a memory and you will be able to capture that in what you write/record so that it can be left ... [Read More]
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Life 2012 | No more Magic…
So on Monday, we were at our "vacation home" (that's what my kids call our timeshare) - and I was in the kitchen but I could hear the kids whispering back and forth to each other. I wondered what was going on, but I figured I would find out soon enough. A few minutes later, Beth came up to me, looking very serious. As usual, JJ was tagging along behind, and was just fine with Beth doing the talking. Beth said, "Mom, is the Easter Bunny real?" I said, "What do you think?" She said, "Well, I think he's not." I looked into her beautiful blue eyes and saw how serious she was about it and there was sadness there and I just couldn't lie to her. "No, Princess, he's not real." JJ piped in, "I knew that." I gave Beth a hug and she asked one more question, "Santa isn't real either, ... [Read More]
