Category: Parenting
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Moving: The Highlight Reel
We finally moved last week. My experience confirms the myriad of lists claiming moving is one of the top five life stressors. I’m also grateful to God that it was only moving stress and nothing more serious. We made it out alive😉, relatively in-tact physically, and are giving ourselves the…
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Be Encouraged, Your Sacrifice Matters
“I’m not really this person, letting my wife make the real money while I sit here 15 hours a day, seven days a week.” A once-vibrant professional and just-turned 40 entrepreneur/Dad says this to me fifteen years ago. “In my head, I’m back in a suit, important at work and…
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You’re Middle-Age When…Morning Routine
During the morning routine at the kitchen island, you realize that the decades of kid-related conversation between you and your spouse has been replaced by aging-body questions. The conversation goes something like this… Me: “How is your shoulder this morning?” Husband aggressively grabs shoulder, massaging it, then moves his arm…
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And So She Flew…Again
I laid in bed, silently grumbling that I was awake at 5:30am and didn’t need to be on that particular Friday morning. My eldest daughter was getting ready for work upstairs and I wondered if her Shark hair styler woke me. I pulled the blanket up to my chin, hoping…
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Find the Humor?
“Look for the humor in the teen years.” The 75-year old former pastor said this as we walked toward the sanctuary for Sunday service. Find the humor? Does this man still not know me even a little? What could possibly be funny about what I was sharing with him? “It’s…
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The First Mission Field Is the Nest
Whenever I visit a first-time Mom, my personal tradition is to bring a gift for her, not the infant. There are already piles of onesie’s, outfits through 4T, and impressive stacks of diapers strewn about the house. New Mama lights up holding the little something just for her. I keep…
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When the Adult Kids Move Back Home, Must Mom and Dad Step it Back Up?
My husband and I were slow to adjust to the empty nest. When our third child moved out a year ago, we shuffled through the house aimlessly for a couple of months. Cooking dinner according to the kids’ various work and gym schedules was no longer necessary. Going out to…
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Persevere My Fellow Pilgrim
The addict in front of me on a Thursday afternoon is free from prison, but according to his Dad, remains in a caged mentality. I happened upon him and his father, randomly crossing paths the day after the 30-year old was paroled. The addiction which led to theft for cash…
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Lunching with my Grown Up Baby
While pushing a triplet stroller (twins and my third 22 months younger), random strangers regularly offered advice…at the park, at the mall… (when strolling at the mall was still a thing)… wherever I might be causing a scene with a three-seater. Of all the suggestions I politely listened to as…
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Blog Relaunch
Welcome to Family5Power – Tales from a Mid-Life Mama! If you are still a subscriber, thank you for sticking around! If you are a first time visitor, please join me in this new adventure. The photo on the left was my WordPress icon for many years (my youngest daughter), writing…
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Technology Ruined a Classic April Fool’s Prank!
In honor of April Fool’s Day, this post was taken from the 2019 archives. Still a fun memory of how I pranked my husband… Right up until the kids moved to college, I always pulled some shenanigans on April Fool’s Day – every single year. It was especially fun during…
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Moving Forward in Faith
Four days ago, I started a new position at a new company in an entirely unfamiliar field. While I enjoy most “new” things, having a significant training curve ahead has been humbling. But, God gave me what I asked for. If you follow this blog, you know that I resigned…
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