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Beach Essentials for Families
Summer is here! I’ve gathered up atll my tried and true summer beach (or pool) essentials and linked them below. I hate spending money on things that don’t work, or fall apart (I’m talking to you, cheap sandals!) – so I tend to stick with my favorites. Like the children’s hats, sandals, and sunscreen linked below! My all time favorite beach bag is unfortunately out of stock right now (soooo sad, but that’s how good it is!) BUT – I’ve linked 2 other bags from the same company because they’re pretty great. And if you ARE looking for the perfect beach bag, keep checking back because it is SO worth…
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Celebrating YOU this Mother’s Day with a *magical* Hylete hoodie & the cutest activewear!
Being a mom is the BEST thing that has ever happened to me. I would choose it over & over again, every single time. It’s magical. And magically exhausting, of course! Even on Mother’s Day. But I love being a mom! Enter Mother’s Day. Because it’s next Sunday! It’s a bit different after divorce, right? For me, it’s the 3 of us. My modern day little family that I love with all my heart… BUT, it’s not really a Mother’s Day full of rest and relaxation. It’s more a day of active momming! And if I’m actively momming, or just doing my simple fitness routine– I want cute activewear! Like…
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Divorce? The One Workshop You Need to Attend!
There I was, December 2018, one minute thinking about Christmas dinner and wrapping presents. And the next? I was calling a divorce attorney. Okay, first I was sobbing and gasping for breath. next I was in a therapist’s office, then a Second Saturday workshop, and FINALLY- I was calling an attorney. Sigh…..Betrayal is horrible, right? People think divorce is about the law, but it’s really about three things: family, emotion, and money.” – Second Saturday Workshop First off, divorce is confusing and overwhelming. I mean, most of us don’t have amicable divorces, or we wouldn’t be getting divorced, right? So it’s important to learn as much as we can from…
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5 Step Simplified Bedtime routine for Single Parents
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Divorce & the Holidays: Q&A with author and life expert Liz Pryor
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3 Tips for Surviving the Holidays after Divorce
Whether it’s divorce, death, or any similar trauma….. the holidays can be HARD. (They may have been hard before, but for different reasons- right?) So with Thanksgiving right around the corner & Christmas looming- How do you DEAL with it?? Acknowledge that it will look VERY different this year. Prepare for an emotionally difficult day. Try not to cling to the past! If you only have your kids for 1/2 the day, plan out what it will look like: when you’ll eat or open gifts. Kids leave at 2 pm? Eat your meal at noon. Kids arrive at 5 pm after eating at their dad’s? Serve pie and play board…
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8 Tips for Overcoming Exhaustion as a Single Parent
Becoming a single parent is not an easy transition. I was used to being married and having two adults in the house, just like you. Even if that second adult isn’t too helpful, it’s still two adults in the house! My change from 2 adults to 1 adult was very sudden. Maybe yours was too. As in, I had one day to adjust to my new reality. My brain could barely process that my marriage was ending, much less the fact I was going to single parent a 2 year old and just turned 4 year old. I was in shock and completely in survival mode. My mind couldn’t even…
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Divorced Families: When Your Kids Vacation Without You
Free time? Yes please, says any parent out there. Free time because your ex is taking the kids on vacation? Cue the tears. Break out the tissue box. Well yes, that does change things up. And not in a good way. It’s not fun to send your kids off on a vacation when you’re divorced. Divorced vacations mean you don’t know what your kids are doing. It means you don’t know the details, you don’t know who they are with. You just pray that they are safe and taken care of, all while verrrrrrry far away from you. It’s not fun. The reality of vacations after divorce I cried the…
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La Mesa Dream Dinners
Cooking dinner every night sometimes feels like Groundhog day. Right when I check it off my list, it pops up again! And anyone with kids knows that meal planning takes a lot of time and thought. Something I don’t have much of these days because by the time 5 pm rolls around I’m running on fumes…. So I was thrilled to try out the Meal Prep Starter Kit from La Mesa Dream Dinners! Due to the corona virus, they’ve changed up their business plan and now offer online orders and a delivery service. Hello, need I say more?? Fully prepped meals delivered right to your door? I’m talking to you,…
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I wasn’t made for this- I was made BY this.
What if I told you that yesterday was a good day, a great day? That as the sun cast a warm glow over the evening sky, and my kids raced each other up and down the block on their scooters, I was grateful? That in that moment, I was filled with joy. Would you believe me? A year ago, I would have struggled to believe that myself. But it’s true. And it’s truly a miracle. I may not be a wife, I may have become a #singlemom & #divorcee before my kids have even entered Kindergarten, but that’s okay. I know I’m so much more. I have SO much to…
