Motherhood

Toddler Phase That Will Probably Make Her Think I Didn’t Love Her

14.07.2012

I don’t know why it is, but Bean is far more of the typical toddler than Speed or Raru ever were. Maybe I was just in a perpetual half-awake state and didn’t really notice, maybe I breezed through it because it was the norm, but more likely — it’s just more a part of Bean’s [...]

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Parenting

Blogging Conundrum: Balance Between Authenticity & ‘Touchy’ Topics

11.07.2012

I have been very fortunate to have a wide range of people who I chat with, who read Accustomed Chaos or who stumble across my writing. People who are vastly different from me in nearly every way and others who could probably be my sibling from another mingling (I just made that up, heh). Since [...]

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Marriage

Epic Wife-Fail Just a Week Shy of Our 8-Year Wedding Anniversary

06.07.2012

In less than a week I will be celebrating my 8th wedding anniversary with my highschool sweetheart. We just passed the 13th anniversary of our first date a few weeks ago and had smooth sailing over that dreaded “7-year itch.” We have been through a lot this year — job changes, loss, navigating the school [...]

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Parenting

That Time Where We Packed Everything Into One {Exhausting} Week

04.07.2012

Last week my husband was home on holidays from work. It was the kids last week of school, our first date anniversary at the start of the week and at the end of the week was my husband’s birthday. We have been under a lot of changes behind the scenes here and it was nice [...]

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