At my wit's end!

Sick of it!

by Jamee

What to do when a real mother doesn’t feel good?  I woke up today kind of queasy, with a headache that felt like Gene Krupa was performing a drum solo behind my left eyebrow .   I thought for a moment – if I didn’t have 3 kids, a house to run and a job [...]

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What are you afraid of?

by Jamee

Clearly we care for our kids, but if we are afraid of our child’s world and feel we need to protect them at every turn, are we actually creating an environment in which all we can see is danger? If we expect a world that doesn’t nurture our children, are we creating that too? What do I mean by “creating?” I mean that we see what we are looking for in life and if we are looking for a world that is scary, we will find plenty of things to be afraid of.

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Is it me? (I'm afraid so!)

by Jamee

Somewhere between the garage and the school yard, the kids would have to get dressed and fed on their own. As I negotiated the well known short cuts on our drive to school and began to make up time, I felt myself relaxing. The children were laughing with each other and I could see that we would arrive on time. That would have been a great time to enjoy the absence of chaos, in blissful silence. But instead, I chose that moment to announce that I had an unexpected business meeting that evening and their least favorite babysitter would be staying with them. I was immediately enveloped with whining and complaining. How did this happen? What was I thinking? Was it me?

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