Ode to 20 Years of Service
My dad is retiring from the military today. What an amazing accomplishment. I am not writing this from his perspective but from mine in seeing him put his life on the line for every American. This is for every hard…
dads rock
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Ask Toi: How do I handle my ex-husband when I’ve asked him to clean his home before the kids come for their visits?
Back story for my readers is they have a custody order to split time. It’s been working. The problem is the kids are old enough to verbally state that not only is the home unclean but its more or less…
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Ask Toi: Do you think people should go to counseling before having Children?
Yes and no. I think that if you have had things happen in your childhood that affects your ability to raise your children then yes. If once you have children you notice things that come up, by all means run…
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Back to School: Parent Edition
Hey Parents it’s our time to get ready. Here’s your Parent Edition for back to school preparation. Are you excitedly awaiting for back to school? Your kids have eaten you out of house and home? A couple of them you’re…
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Teach the Babies-You’re Not Everyone’s Cup of Tea
So this week the recurring theme has been forgiveness. This is a tough lesson for many adults let alone my own son. This week for both of my older kids the trying to teach them to understand that its okay…
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Why I never forget my Kids for Valentine’s Day
I hear all the time people complain that Valentine’s Day isn’t for kids. Meaning that you shouldn’t get them anything because it’s a day for romantic gestures. For me I don’t and have never seen it in that light alone. …
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Blackish Postpartum Episode
This is a trigger episode if you ever had or have currently postpartum depression. I am going to be super blunt today, I cried throughout the episode and let me tell you why: I dealt with postpartum after the birth…
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Camp is Over, Lessons were learned
Yay I do apologize for all of the parents who weren’t able to get your children into camp. This blog is not meant to stir up any ill feelings you had having to scramble for your little people. I feel…
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Ask Toi: How do I get my husband to step it up and help parent our kids?
Simple you ask him. You also let him step in. He is grown. Those kids were not made alone. If you are saying he needs to step it up that means to me that he does do something but not…
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Elf on who’s shelf??
Well it’s no secret that we are in the thrush of the holidays. Traffic is pretty much out of control, parking is pretty much nonexistent, and people’s attitudes have gone from mad to jolly for the most part. If you…
