Silver linings
by
Jennifer W.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
You know when things don't work out the way you expected or wanted, but after you let go of that picture in your mind, you see that what you have is exactly right after all? ...
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My Cardinal
by
Jennifer W.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
So a few days ago, when I was handed a present and instructed to open it, how apropros that what I unwrapped was a watercolor of a red cardinal uttering the words t ...
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2011
by
Jennifer W.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
I'm wrapped snug in my favorite fuzzy blanket. The kids are asleep. I have a glass of red wine at my side, and a romantic Netflix movie queued up. I had a great New Year' ...
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Minnie
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Jennifer W.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
It is with a heavy heart that we wrap up our holiday season, and this year, honoring another loved one that is no longer with us. Herein lies the beauty of open adoption. ...
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From us, to you
by
Jennifer W.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
Last year we didn't do cards (first time ever), so I took great pleasure in designing this year's card, commemorating our little family of four.
I've also l ...
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Knight
by
Jennifer W.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
He texts: "How's your day? Being productive?"
I reply: "I hate this. I'm overwhelmed. I need to clean, start dinner, finish the laundry, pick up, edit, design, blog, bu ...
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Direction
by
Jennifer W.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
There are a few blog posts rolling around in the drafts folder, and I'm not sure why I've hit 'save' instead of 'publish' so many times. It's very unlike me, and I hope this ...
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Child o' Mine
by
Jennifer W.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
I write this post a few times a week.
I find her, after falling asleep for her nap, dressed not in the shorts and t-shirt she went to bed in, but in her Cinderella dress, ...
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Picture perfect?
by
Jennifer W.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
I was recently put in touch with two women that I have known in varying capacities for years.
One a client, the other a friend and fellow blogger. Both families were in ...
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Feast or Famine
by
Jennifer W.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
Most of this year, and specifically this summer, has been an all or nothing scenario.
Every other weekend: Playdates, sleepovers, bike rides, swimming. Also, siblin ...
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Shortcuts
by
Jennifer W.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
Doing this? This parenting-of-three thing? All on your own? EXHAUSTING.
I've found so much inspiration in blogs, those honest, here's-how-it-is, girls, blogs that ...
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Changes.
by
Jennifer W.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
School has started (CAN I GET AN AMEN), and my summer of having the kids home full-time peaked at about the time that we moved, and the downward slide into those first days ...
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This.
by
Jennifer W.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
The Journey
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice --
though the whole house
...
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Haven
by
Jennifer W.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
Thirteen years ago this summer I was a college senior, moving into an apartment, in a new city, where I knew no one.
My first night there I unpacked a bit, did a l ...
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Beginning
by
Jennifer W.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
Yesterday was a banner day for our little family of four.
I spent the greater part of last week scouring for a rental house. No, our home hasn't sold, though it came ...
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Final.
by
Jennifer W.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting
Yesterday afternoon I walked out of the courthouse with a stack of papers in my hand, and on them the stamp of approval for my divorce.
It has been 2 years since I sa ...
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