Expectant holiday expectations

The secret to managing your holiday expectations

And just like that, the holiday season is here! If we’re honest, most of us have expectations for these special days. At the very least, we have hopes. The holidays are a snapshot of mom life. A lot of how the journey unfolds depends on our expectations. Children have expectations too. Can we blame them? We bring mounds of popcorn to the couch for animated movies about snow, talking reindeer and wishes coming true for kids across the spectrum of naughty and nice. We sing songs about the most wonderful time of the year and days that are merry and …

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Living with Hands Wide Open

My chest tightens as electricity shoots through my neck into my shoulders. My heart beat races and my left eye twitches.  I’m messing them up, my mind races ahead twenty years. They will be in therapy because I…I can’t do this.    I see them in my mind’s eye, twenty years older, telling their counselors how much they hate me. My eye twitches faster. I take a deep breath and rub my temples. If only I could… But there is no time. “MOM! She stuck her tongue out at me,” one precious child bellows. “He kicked me!” another retorts.  And …

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