Tag: life lessons
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How a Chance Encounter with a Fellow Mom Shifted My Outlook Forever
Get Pregnant Fast It was just another ordinary day, or so I thought, until a stranger—a fellow mom—stopped me in my tracks and offered me a perspective that would stick with me forever. I was at a popular kids’ store, celebrating my little girl’s birthday, squatting down to snap a picture of her amidst all…
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Why My Kids Don’t Always Take Center Stage
Get Pregnant Fast Let’s be real: my kids don’t always come first. There are moments when I’m knee-deep in preparing dinner, and I can’t just drop everything to help my son with a shoe he insisted on putting on himself. Or when I’m folding laundry and have to tell my daughter to hang tight for…
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Marriage Is Full of Blunders and Chuckles
Get Pregnant Fast To cherish and to hold, from this day forth, for better or worse, in abundance or scarcity, in health or sickness, until death do us part. Nearly a decade ago, Jake and I exchanged these vows. Yet, I can hardly remember that day. At the time, I was 25, the last of…
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7 Valuable Lessons Kids Learn from Divorce (That Aren’t So Bad After All)
Get Pregnant Fast Reflecting on my past, I realize that I stayed in a troubled marriage far longer than I should have. At the time, I was convinced that enduring the unhappiness was for the sake of my children. I thought that if I just put in a little more effort, I could mend what…
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Dad Holds Teen’s Belongings Hostage After She Runs Up a $500 Phone Bill
Get Pregnant Fast In a surprising twist to parental discipline, a father has devised a clever method to teach his 13-year-old daughter a lesson about financial responsibility after she accumulated a staggering $500 phone bill due to excessive data charges from social media. Mark Thompson decided to take a unique approach: he held her favorite…
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16 Life Lessons My Mom Instilled in Me Over 17 Years
Every achievement counts. No matter how trivial it may seem to others, don’t let their opinions overshadow the significance of your accomplishments. Embrace the joy of watching your favorite movie multiple times, like How to Train Your Dragon 2. Life is fleeting, so cherish the things that bring you happiness. Cultivate a reading habit. Regardless…
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A Note to My Future Teens About Technology
Get Pregnant Fast Dear Kids, As I pen this letter, you’re still just little ones—18 months and 3 years old. Yet, it’s remarkable how quickly you’ve mastered the tablet, likely outpacing me! You belong to a generation enveloped in technology, where screens and gadgets are as commonplace as the air we breathe. When I was…
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15 Life Lessons My Mother Instilled in Me That I Carry Every Day
Hair should enhance your face, not hang limply. Forget what anyone else says about it. Keep perfume away from pearls—they don’t mix well. The correct phrase is “different from,” not “different than.” Reality is subjective; it’s all about the lighting. You can never overdo blush, spray too much Windex, or floss too often. Intolerance is…
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6 Life Lessons I Gained from My Ovaries
Get Pregnant Fast Last year marked a significant turning point in my tumultuous relationship with my ovaries: I underwent a complete hysterectomy on my oldest son’s birthday. Eighteen years prior, my reproductive system had played a crucial role in bringing my first child into the world. Just three years later, it facilitated the birth of…
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Why Being 40 Is So Much Better Than Being 29
Get Pregnant Fast When I was younger, I often heard my grandmother playfully state that she was 29, a quip that sometimes caught others off guard. She was a youthful grandmother—just 39 when I was born—and always appeared vibrant and youthful. My aunts would follow suit, and my mother probably joined in the fun now…