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Beans and Rice Recipe, Like You’ve Never Tasted

With our family’s recent move, we found ourselves trying this beans and rice recipe as we worked to be extra budget friendly AND…

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50 Things to Love about Life: Rain

Part of the reason I decided to revisit a six-year-plus blog series was to take a look at who I…

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Musings on Motherhood, Part IV: Childhood in Full Bloom

As the kids are growing up and continuing to become tiny adults, the mom thoughts spin wild and it’s hard…

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50 Things to Love about Life: Gal Pals

As I wait for my third baby to be born, I’m looking back on some of the writing I did…

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50 Things to Love about Life: Unmet Expectations

Today I continue my countdown to the birth of my third little girl by looking back at a blog series…

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Why I’ve Stopped Saying “Step”

I’ve always been completely comfortable with my stepkids calling me “Katie.” It’s my name. And they have another woman they…

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Single by Choice: Raising a Child without a Romantic Partner

The term “single mom” does not always simply describe a woman who is divorced from her child’s father, a woman whose husband…

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7 Ways to Have Fun this Fall

Where I live in the Midwest, fall is right around the corner. While I love the warm summer months, I welcome the…

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Why I Waited to Potty Train My Toddler

I potty trained my youngest child in a day or two. It took little effort, and she’s only had a…

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50 Things to Love about Life: Words

I’m counting down to the birth of my third child by revisiting an blog series I wrote for my first…