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Slice-of-life stories about parenthood

Seasons of Love…A Little League Journey

March 16, 2018 by Amy, Using Our Words 7 Comments

The last seven years, a lot of things have changed around here. My love for Little League Opening Day, well, that isn’t one of them. Year after year, I actually look forward to the early morning wake-up call. The day my boys get all decked out in their clean-long-enough-for-one-picture uniforms. The day so many people […]

Filed Under: featured, Mom Musings Tagged With: baseball, community, family, friends, lessons, life lessons, Little League, sports

Sometimes It’s Hard to Say Goodbye

June 16, 2014 by Amy, Using Our Words 2 Comments

School’s out! It’s summer! You’d think those two simple sentences would have the kids and me jumping for joy. And, at 8:15am this morning — when we were all still in our pajamas and the three of them were giggling over a game they’d made up — those words did feel good. Really good. But last […]

Filed Under: featured, Mom Musings Tagged With: 2nd grade, confidence, goodbye, goodbyes, lessons, life lessons, new beginnings, preschool, school, teachers

Riding the Summer Slide

June 26, 2013 by Amy, Using Our Words 6 Comments

I keep getting PR pitches about the “summer slide”. You know, the idea that by our kids having a measly 9 weeks off of school is going to break their brains? That all that great knowledge they got last year — over the other 40-something weeks — will disappear if we don’t spend our lazy […]

Filed Under: featured, Mom Musings Tagged With: education, learning, life lessons, summer, summer slide, travel

A’ Camp Galileo-ing They Will Go

April 8, 2013 by Amy, Using Our Words 2 Comments

This summer my boys are going to camp to fail. Yes, you read that right. I don’t mean it in a discouraging way. Quite the opposite, really. You see, at Camp Galileo, part of their mission is to teach kids to dive in — to take risks and solve problems. Because when you do that, […]

Filed Under: featured, Tips & Ideas Tagged With: art, Camp Galileo, creativity, innovation, life lessons, science, summer camp

My Babies’ Daddy

June 14, 2012 by Amy, Using Our Words 7 Comments

Yesterday the kids and I pulled into our front yard after being away for less than 48 hours and they all started wiggling and squealing with excitement. Someone special was on the other side of our front door and they couldn’t wait to see him. Daddy! When I married Lenny nine years ago, I imagined […]

Filed Under: Belly & Baby, Disney Baby, Mom Musings Tagged With: dads, Disney Baby, Father's Day, Lenny, life lessons, spirit

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