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May 10, 2015 By momcafe 37 Comments

I love being showered with gifts and gratitude on Mother’s Day. My kids thanked me for being “an awesome mom” in more ways than one. I deserve that praise, oh how I do! So I soak it in, and lavish in my luxurious day off of the job, drenched in the spoils of my entitlement… […]

Filed Under: Encouragement in Motherhood, Featured Post Tagged With: Being a mom, Celebrating motherhood, Mother's Day, motherhood, parenting

One Of Those Days…

May 7, 2015 By momcafe 50 Comments

  About ten years ago, I had one of those days…  And I remember it like it was yesterday.  Let me entertain you.  I can laugh now, so you can too. It was a humid suffocating heat, one late August afternoon, the kind of day you need to either be at the pool or in […]

Filed Under: Encouragement in Laughter, Encouragement in Motherhood, Featured Post Tagged With: Encouragement in laughter, Funny story, motherhood, One of those days, parenting, toddlers

How To Say No to Your Kids…

April 27, 2015 By momcafe 56 Comments

  I say “no” to my kids about a dozen times a day, give or take a few dozen. And each time I deliver that provocative response, I weigh it heavily on my heart. I know the significance of my intention. I must measure the meaning with utmost clarity and consciousness. Human nature drowns us […]

Filed Under: Encouragement in Family, Encouragement in Motherhood, Featured Post Tagged With: Discipline, greed, motherhood, parenting, Rules, Saying "no", Teaching Children

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