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10 Things I Learned Somewhat Recently, Vol 140

May 18, 2014 by Amy, Using Our Words 2 Comments

It’s only been a few weeks (maybe a month?) since my last lessons post, but my goodness, so much has changed. Big got all dressed up in a sport coat and tie, and now he can take communion at church (which he’s not so happy to announce, tastes like cardboard). Little had about 368 tantrums […]

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Some New Mom Friends

May 13, 2013 by Amy, Using Our Words Leave a Comment

I don’t know about you, but some of the best ideas I’ve gotten as a mom haven’t come from the experts. Well, not the official experts. They’ve come from real moms. Deep in the trenches. Moms who, like me, are trying their hardest and want to celebrate — and share — when they’ve struck mothering […]

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Mom Friends Have Super Powers

April 12, 2012 by Amy, Using Our Words Leave a Comment

If you saw me last Thursday at 5pm, you would have seen a big smile on my face. (There was likely baby food in my hair and dirt on my clothes, too, but that’s not really the point.) Because after I wrote this Yahoo! Shine Parenting Guru post, I headed over to a friend’s house […]

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