Give me a break!
Dear Becca, Thanks for writing this great guest post – you made several, no many more than that great and inspirational points. I even followed your advice, item #4, and WOW what a difference. I think it helped me get through the night tonight. No, I know it did. It made all the difference in […]
I just need a friend.
195 days without yelling, 170 days of loving more to go! The following happened to me last week. It was a beautifully heartbreaking moment that I will never forget because of the truth it spoke. Every morning that the weather cooperates, I strap one child on my back, buckle two in the stroller, and then […]
Thank you Grouchy Man!
191 days of not yelling, 174 days of loving more to go Dear Grouchy Old Man, The other night I wrote about how frustrating it was to have you yell at my son and me (read here). I woke up the next morning, bitterness gone, to realize you gave me a gift. The gift of […]
Chided for my son’s screaming…AGAIN.
(if you are newish to this page, welcome, and have a read here to get a background on #3) Dear Grouchy Old Man, Thanks so very much for coming out of your office and chiding me for my son’s behavior. I really needed it at. That. Precise. Moment. Because you know, with four kids in […]
Do I ask too much of my kids?
187 days of not yelling, 178 days of loving more to go! Dear Sarcasm, While I love you, and oh do I love you, the truth is you often hide something really deep that I need to look at. My post the other night about how to get my kids to listen to me was […]
“HELLO?! Why aren’t you doing what I asked you to do?!”
184 days of not yelling, 181 days of loving more to go! Dear sweet children of mine, Why of why do you insist on not listening me to me when I ask you to do something? Why is that your pre-school teacher can speak and you immediately respond, dutifully? And if not the first time, […]
What Potty Training really teaches…
181 days without yelling, 184 days of loving more to go! Dear #3, Last Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 at oh say, 7:23 in the morning you declared you wanted to be potty trained. We, as in you, me, and your brothers, had JUST sat down and gotten settled at our favorite breakfast restaurant in our […]
Bottled up emotions do me NO good…
177 days without yelling, 187 days of loving more to go! Dear Computer Keyboard, My mind is full of so much that I want to say, that I want to get out, that I want to write about yet I can’t because my mind is too overwhelmed. It doesn’t know where to start. What to […]
Some days, I don’t know how to parent…and it makes me want to scream!
168 days of not yelling, 197 days of loving more to go! Dear Self, I yelled at my kids because I could (read here). I yelled at my kids because I was tired. I yelled at my kids because they annoyed me (read here). I yelled at my kids because I didn’t know what else to do. […]
The Vicious, and I mean vicious, Cycle
166 days without yelling, 199 days of loving more to go! Dear #1, You and I are caught in a battle that needs to end. We’re both in bad moods and we’re bringing each other down. We are spiraling downwards fast as fast can be and we are starting to affect everyone around us. I […]