Tag: kids
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Road Trip Recap and Tips
Children cannot bounce off the walls if we take away the walls. -Erin Kenny West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The kids and I were very much looking forward to exploring the great outdoors. This would be our third road trip together and three new states! “Road trip summer 2022, let’s do this!!” The kids, now…
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Traveling Children
[Personal Post] As the kids and I get ready to take off on another “50 States Trip,” I was inspired to write about traveling with children. When you stop and think about all the ways children (and our world) can benefit from traveling outside of “their world,” the list could go on and on. To…
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Celebrating Me
[Personal Post] I can see their faces now, peaking down over the banister, their not so quiet whispers, “did he come?” The anticipated footsteps racing down the stairs. Their eyes race from corner to corner of the piled up presents. Brock comments on which presents are his and which are his sister’s, trying to find…
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Doors
[Personal Post] I haven’t found sleep in days. Last night won, yet again, as if we were playing a game of hide-n-seek. I climb out of bed with a pit in my stomach and my mind overtaken with thoughts of the day ahead. How will they take it? Will they cry? Will I cry? These…
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Let’s Get Real About Emotion
[Personal Post] Divorce can produce feelings of fear, stress, anger, sadness and sometimes even depression. And in order to truly heal, we need to become vulnerable and reflect on what can be learned from these wounds. We should never be ashamed of owning up to our mistakes and wanting to overcome and grow from them.…