Raising twins and staying sober 24 hours at a time.
I've been limping around for roughly a month now. Physically limping, as opposed to emotionally limping, which seems to happen far more often. Somehow, I sprained my ankle, though I cannot recall how I did it. It's part of me now. My husband keeps telling me to get a brace or to stay off of it …
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I see you at Panera telling her to stop dumping the salt in the water. I see you at the park telling him to stop licking the bench - I have one doing that too. I see you in the bathroom telling them to stop smearing whatever that is onto the wall. I see you …
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As we got out of our car last weekend to go to a new tumbling class (which both kids refused to do - but that's another story), the woman in the car in front of us came over and said, "I'm random acts of kindness-ing you" and handed me a parking meter stub to put …
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