Mother’s Day…man…It’s so interesting. When I was pregnant and prepping emotionally to be a single Mom, I anticipated and worried a lot about many things that I knew would be difficult to navigate. I had no doubt Father’s Day would be a tricky trap of emotion. But I never anticipated that Mother’s Day would also be […]
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Okay fine…Valentine’s Day doesn’t really slay me…I mean not in the really bad way. But it does…sort of…get under my skin a tiny bit. Or a lot.
Read More ›I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with your family and friends…the Lemieux family certainly did…and I will have a musical reminder of the holiday for a long time to come.
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Originally posted on Lifetime Moms 5.12.12 Growing up, I lost count with how many times I heard my mom say, “Okay…just you wait…You’ll understand when you are a mother…” And I also lost count of how many times I slammed the door and stomped off, screaming, “GOOOOOOHHHD-UHH. You are sooo, annoying-uhh!!!!! Flash-forward about 2 decades, […]
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I don’t think Ellie really knows that I failed Easter, but I know, and I am pretty sure I failed. How do you fail Easter? Oh, well let me set the scene for you. This week at work was quite busy (read, I barely had time to use the bathroom) and somewhere around Wed. or […]
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(Above you see Ellie playing with her gender neutral Christmas presents) For the second year, my extended family decided to limit the holiday havoc and stress caused by purchasing gifts for every member of the family, and instead take part in a Yankee Gift Swap. In case you are not familiar with what that is, […]
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THIS. RIGHT HERE.. Yes friends, that would be Toys R Us, in Times Square, five days before Christmas. I had to do it. I couldn’t help myself. I wanted to get Ellie a toy to unwrap and play with on Christmas morning. You all remember that feeling, right? You couldn’t wait to get the batteries […]
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Is it bad that I just purchased something under the guise of being a Christmas present for my mother, but at its core, it is really a gift for me? Let me explain, I was doing some last minute Christmas shopping and I popped into a well-know skincare store that had a great deal -if […]
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Wow. So okay…I started back to work. Proof of this in my appearance and the fact that everything in my life is one big blur. And blur might even be an overstatement…everything is one big black hole in my brain. I didn’t know it was St. Patrick’s Day until I sat down to write the […]
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HELLO EVERYONE! Here we are in month two. Before I begin to enlighten you about the things no one told me about motherhood, I should update you on Anabelle’s growth. My sister Adriane sings a song to Ellie that goes something like this… Hello, my name is Ellie, I’m 8 weeks old… I look like […]
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