As a Turtle Mom, I was slow to react to most childhood transgressions. I wanted the punishment to fit the crime, and that required thought. A spill is easy — just clean it up. I didn’t really consider that a…
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Confessions of a Turtle Mom: 38 – Truth and Consequences
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Confessions of a Turtle Mom: 36 – Directionally Challenged in Every Language
Need to catch up? Read Turtle Mom’s Epic Plan to Restore Mommy Karma. When a Turtle Mom travels, she takes her shell with her. Very convenient…for her. I don’t know about real turtles, or other Turtle Moms, but this Turtle Mom…
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Confessions of a Turtle Mom: 30 – Piercing Free Zone
Coming to the party late? Not sure what the Turtle Mom Confessions are all about? Read Turtle Mom’s Epic Plan to Restore Mommy Karma. I cannot blame my stand against ear-piercing on being a Turtle Mom. It comes from someplace else.…
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Confessions of a Turtle Mom: 29 – No Breakfast of Champions
Sleep is a Turtle Mom’s ideal shell time. Nestled deep in the dark, dreaming and recharging for time spent outside the shell. Waking up can be hard for a Turtle Mom. No doubt a Tiger Mom wakes at 4:30, does…
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Confessions of a Turtle Mom: 28 – We Checked Her In To The Roach Motel
With newly minted degrees and professional jobs, in short a real grown-up life, comes a move out of student apartment living. This kind of step needs to be taken with care. NOTE: Never base your decision on the model apartment.…
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Confessions of a Turtle Mom: 27 – She Was the Designated Babysitter
There is a price to be paid when you are the firstborn grandchild. Eventually, all the early doting and attention give way when more grandchildren arrive on the scene. This price is higher when you are the firstborn female…
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Confessions of a Turtle Mom: 26 – We Only Had One Bathroom!
When you only have three of you, sharing one bathroom isn’t convenient. There’s always someone who has to wake up earliest to make sure everyone can shower and dress in order to get to school or work in time.…
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Confessions of a Turtle Mom: 24 – We Wedged Her in on Family Roadtrips
Family is a good thing. Traveling with family can quickly become too much of a good thing. I think of the time when daughter was just a baby and we drove to Long Island for a family reunion in a…
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Confessions of a Turtle Mom: 20 – Two Little Brothers is Not Twice the Fun
To the even mix of one-boy-one-girl family, we added another boy. This made a lot of change for daughter to handle in just about two years: new state, new house, new school, new friends, new brother, another new brother. She…
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Confessions of a Turtle Mom: 19 – I Forgot To Pick Her Up
It seems appropriate that I would be late to post this confession. I’ve been in my shell all day formatting and editing the rest of the Once Upon a Wedding series books. Three are up at Smashwords, two at Amazon,…
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