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What To Do When Life Is Hard

Rookie Mom
It sucks, but it’s true. Today, I got a message from a special friend of mine overseas whose three year old has just spent two days in hospital. Her little girl has some as yet undiagnosed cardiac and respiratory problem. The day before, I got an email from another close friend who found a lump. We’re…
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Women Rock – A Tribute to the Brave and Beautiful

Rookie Mom
Being a young mom of two toddlers, I’m often approached by many other woman who want to know the secret to my glamorous look. And by many other woman, I mean absolutely no one. Even now, as I type this, there is literally dried yogurt in my hair. I felt it when I ran my fingers…
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Love and Fear and Frozen

Rookie Mom
There are a million reasons why I love the animated movie Frozen. Even Jesus loves Frozen. This blog will tell you why. Firstly, Let it Go is the greatest song of all time. YES. Well. Not officially. But its pretty phenom. Secondly, its the first animated Disney movie directed by a woman (and their highest…
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Word of the Day: BRAVE

Rookie Mom
Maybe its because I’m now officially in my thirties. Maybe its because of the whole marriage-children thing. Maybe its because the WiFi signal I’m on keeps freaking dropping. Everything is so hard! But it seems like everything is SO HARD. And not just for me. I bet you can think of people you know, people who…
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To Love is To Listen

Rookie Mom
I have always been a messy person. When I was about 10 years old, we went on a school trip and my teacher was so horrified by the state of my cupboard after a few days, she took and PRINTED a photo of it to show my mom. In high school, you could rarely see…
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A Tribute to All the Mombies – My Messy, Beautiful

Rookie Mom
Yes. He’s wearing Cross Fit exercise arm bands. You may be wondering what a Mombie is, but you’ve seen her at the Mall. Dark rings under her bloodshot eyes. No make up. Cereal smeared down her shirt. Her toddler is crying because he can’t hold his truck and his juice bottle in the same hand,…
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