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  • I Guess I’d Still Like to Have Three Children

    I Guess I’d Still Like to Have Three Children

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    Laura
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    I stumbled across a comment on my blog today, asking me how old I am now and suggesting that the writer of the comment, who’s just about my age, would still like to have three children. It made me think. I still do have three children (thankfully). Sometimes I think about the essay I wrote…

  • Please Get Me Out of Here: 14 Days Left

    Please Get Me Out of Here: 14 Days Left

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    Laura
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    I have something dreadful to admit: I have become a terrible mother. No, seriously. On Monday, sitting at my desk, which is mere inches from the dining room table, where all three kids but especially Asher were super hyper and hooting and hollering, I bellowed, “Shut UP!” Yes, I have reached a point where I…

  • Accidentally Breaking Bad

    Accidentally Breaking Bad

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    Laura
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    Just found my daughter and her sweet little friend looking guilty in my daughter’s room. What they were trying to hide was that they were stirring together various household substances in cups, experiment-style. “What’s in it?” I ask. “Um, just some stuff,” Selah says. “What stuff?” “Just some salt and stuff.” I force her to…

  • chaospoem

    chaospoem

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    Laura
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    where are the wii remotes she said banging in the door swinging child do not come in here and ask me where the remotes are I am editing poems and I never use those  

  • Like Putty in My…Hair

    Like Putty in My…Hair

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    Laura
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    I drifted awake this morning, trying to decide if I should get up and hustle us to church or not. One of my kids loves going to church and asks if we can go more often whenever we’ve skipped. Another of my kids hates church, and I have to overcome a lot of unhappiness to…

  • “Me Time”

    “Me Time”

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    Laura
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    People are always saying how important it is to take time for yourself. “Me time.” You read this in magazines, and people announce that you need this when you look frazzled. It’s not just something that would be nice, but it’s something that’s necessary for health. Just Google it and you’ll find at least half…

  • What Love Looks Like: A Comic

    What Love Looks Like: A Comic

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    Laura
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            For more comic silliness, see First Day of School.   For more on love amid the chaos, see It’s Complicated.  

  • Nap

    Nap

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    Laura
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    Small body, he lies beside me in my bed He snuggles his doggie into my neck And I’m not sure If he’s entrusting me with it Or if he’s entrusting it with me   His soft belly rises and falls He complains a little bit Just for show But we are both happy to be…

  • In Defense of Mother’s Day

    In Defense of Mother’s Day

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    Laura
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    This morning, I was thinking about Mother’s Day. This is unsurprising, because today is Mother’s Day. This year I think I have encountered more counter-culture reactions to Mother’s Day than I have in past years. It seems like a few crept in each year, but this year I encountered more of them than usual. I…

  • Badge of Beauty

    Badge of Beauty

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    Laura
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    Among the many tasks in my home that should be done daily (maybe several times a day) and yet are done…Weekly? I hope? When did I last do that?…is cleaning off my dining room table. Tonight, I have a moment. Rolling up my sleeves, I wipe off the crumbs and then spray the table down.…