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Me too.

October 17, 2017 by Miranda 1 Comment

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I was 20. Maybe 22. I can’t remember. Parts of this are fuzzy, the kind of blur that comes from years of separation between The Moment and The Memory. I was working at the bank. I’d managed to get myself up to assistant head teller status. We had some overflow and understaffing between our two…

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Love What You Love

September 5, 2013 by Miranda 25 Comments

Joshua and I spend the morning drive to school talking. About anything and everything. Usually Sonic the Hedgehog or Toy Story. This morning’s conversation made my heart sink a little. “Mama, what song is this?” “This is the fairy godmother song fromĀ Cinderella.” “Mama, do you like Cinderella?” “I do.” “I like Lightning McQueen. Mama, you…

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Filed Under: Motherhood

New York City: My Trip in Photos

August 8, 2012 by Miranda 8 Comments

No worries. I only have about three more posts about BlogHer and New York planned and then I’ll (maybe) stop talking about it. And right now, I’m not even really going to talk. Much. I think. I’m not well traveled, so going to BlogHer this year was as much about going to New York City…

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Things I’m Afraid To Tell You–I (can’t) do it myself

June 13, 2012 by Miranda 27 Comments

There are lots of things that I’m afraid of. Lately, it’s that I’m not stacking up as a mother to Joshua. Or that I’ll never fit into my regular clothes again, never mind anything smaller than that. I’m also afraid of my feet hanging over the edge of the bed, getting poop on my hands…

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Filed Under: Mental Health, Motherhood

Morning musings

May 22, 2012 by Miranda 2 Comments

Yesterday I was not the mom I want to be. I allowed my personal stress to become my child’s problem and he bore the brunt of my bad moment. I had things to do and didn’t he understand that! Why the tantrum!? He was sick and I was annoyed. And I was mad at myself…

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