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mommys15minutes
May 10, 20153 min read
Hijacked!
This blog has been officially hijacked! For months Mommys-15-Minutes has brought you witty and beautiful spiritual narratives of her...
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mommys15minutes
May 9, 20151 min read
A Story of Hurt And Hope.
A tribute to my sister and all with mothering hearts this Mother’s Day. Let us find our joy. Pictured above is my sister and I embracing...
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mommys15minutes
May 7, 20153 min read
A Card For My Kids This Mother’s Day.
I noticed the box of art supplies was out of place, and their little hands had little stains that come from magic markers. Mother’s Day...
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mommys15minutes
May 5, 20153 min read
Sunday is Mother’s Day.
Mother’s Day cards. Mine are folded up in a special place, and I keep them like treasures. My sons are too young to have constructed any...
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mommys15minutes
Apr 30, 20154 min read
The Makings Of The Best Day Yet.
It is Friday, the first of May. Quite possibly the best day yet. The morning began with a breeze, so I slipped the boys into jackets,...
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mommys15minutes
Apr 27, 20154 min read
Mommy’s Outrage.
The day was beautiful, but it was ugly, too. Baltimore erupts into violence, anti-white activism. Death toll exceeds 3,800 in Nepal...
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mommys15minutes
Apr 21, 20152 min read
A Hot Beautiful Mess Of A Day.
Sure, we’ve all had them. Two-year-old is going on day five of a cold. Breathing treatments and all. One-year-old has picked up his cough...
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mommys15minutes
Apr 15, 20152 min read
To All Google-It Moms.
As I was scrolling my newsfeed, taking in tips on top baby toys, which essential oils cure colds and why we should or should never...
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mommys15minutes
Apr 7, 20153 min read
Is Christianity Wishful Thinking?
I grew up with Jesus. Well, let’s put it this way, I was born into a Christian home, raised in a Christian church. I learned to quote...
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mommys15minutes
Mar 27, 20154 min read
Why We Eat Candy at Easter.
As long as I can remember, I’ve always looked forward to spring. More time outside to play, less time until the school year’s end and...
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mommys15minutes
Mar 23, 20152 min read
How My Son Sees Me.
“Go Momm-meee.” His 2-year old voice trailing his 2-year old legs that have sped off to lap the round kitchen table. He is moving fast,...
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mommys15minutes
Mar 9, 20154 min read
On The Clock.
Daylight Savings Time. This is me at 4:30pm on the Monday afterward. (To clarify – this is my “I’m seriously running behind” face; not...
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mommys15minutes
Mar 7, 20154 min read
Mom Guilt.
It hit me like the 2 tbsp of butter that sank to the bottom of the metal pot on the stove. My self-expectations of good parenting,...
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mommys15minutes
Mar 5, 20154 min read
Endangered.
My youngest will have surgery this month. He will go without food and drink for hours before. He will wear a teeny hospital gown that’s...
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mommys15minutes
Mar 2, 20153 min read
Being Mommy Isn’t Pretty.
This truth came to me as I watched my son watch me get him ready for bed. My sister came over earlier with her daughter, bouncing and...
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mommys15minutes
Feb 27, 20152 min read
An Apology From Mommy.
Today I messed up, and I owe some apologies. I apologize to the man driving the transfer truck that cut me off at the merge. Me, in a...
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mommys15minutes
Feb 19, 20155 min read
10 Lessons My Second Son Taught Me His First Year.
My boys are fifteen months apart. When we announced we were expecting our second baby, we heard everything from – “they’ll be best...
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mommys15minutes
Feb 12, 20153 min read
Love Is A Shade Of Red.
Blood red actually. Valentine’s Day is upon us, and I read post after post on how it feels to be in love, how it looks to be in love, how...
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mommys15minutes
Feb 10, 20153 min read
No OFF Button.
Mom mode. This week, I decide to name it. You know, those times when you can’t remember how you got from there to here, but you know you...
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mommys15minutes
Feb 3, 20152 min read
One Day, They Will Fly.
It was the first night our second son slept upstairs in his own bedroom. The house was loud, with the sound of the dryer spinning clothes...
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