family life
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Blended amidst a Quarantine
Day Sixteen. Today is Friday, and it is switch day; the kids will be returning in a few short hours. I welcome the coming distration while dreading it at the same time. My house has been quiet these last six days. It has also been clean. The only messes made have been mine or my…
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My Child Is Not Okay
When my daughter was in the fifth grade, her school counselor called to inform me that she, along with a couple of other girls in her friend group, had been cutting herself. Let me say that again. My ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD was self-harming. She was using whatever sharp objects she could find, dragging them against her skin,…
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Kids Sports: To Sit or Not to Sit Together
If you are part of a blended family, and your bonus kids play sports or are involved in activities that put you in a situation where a choice has to be made about where to sit and with whom, this is a MUST read!
Jennifer Rowden 