Today, my 11-year-old came home from school and told me that my husband and I were voted "The cool parents."  I laughed when he said that and asked what that meant, and he said it meant we were the less strict parents of all of his friends and among other reasons,  that we "let him say swear words."  🙊 This might come off as a shock and controversial, but My husband and I both feel, that they are only words and yes, they have the ability to hold tremendous power depending on the context, but our rule is, if you say a swear word in or out of this house, it is NEVER allowed to be said in anger directed towards someone else. EVER. PERIOD.  They also may NEVER EVER swear at or around a teacher, another parent, or adult. EVER.  Those rules are imprinted into our children's brains, and if they break said rules, then yes they will have major consequences.  Nothing drastic of course,  but that kind of behavior is 100% not OK with us.   I don't...

  Hello...It's Me... I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet?...  (Sorry I couldn't resist quoting Adele right there.) Happy New Year! It's 2022, and in the spirit of new beginnings, fresh starts, and whatnot I officially, totally, 100% completely forgot that I had started writing this blog 2. years. ago. 😬... cue the eye rolls, the "what the hell's", the questions, the judging, the laughter... I get it. I deserve it. But, along with all of the shaming that just occurred, cue the deep breaths, the self-love, the acceptance, the understanding, the laughter.  Life is busy, shit disappears... only to be picked back up, and dusted off to begin again. Have any of you busy, over-scheduled, distracted, going in a million-and-one directions Mamas, ever had an experience like this?  I honestly don't really know what happened, or why I just stopped and dropped off the face of the earth. All I know is that it's 2 years later, and I have a...