messy

Are You a Terrible Parent?

Rookie Mom
This is a photo of Will crying because another child was playing on the part of the jungle gym he was playing in before we left the jungle gym to have a snack. Obviously. Last week, I was informed by a perfect stranger in a public place that I was a terrible parent. When a…
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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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