I’m sure you’ve been there. I know I’ve been there. We’ve all been there. Dirty sheets, crying child, and exhausted mom (sometimes dad too) that come from a wee hours of the morning child puking or bedwetting incident and subsequent nighttime sheet change. Enter what I am calling Calamus Mom Hack #1: Nighttime Sheet Change […]
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In my house, on my watch, it happened. Wednesday night my 15-month-old was sleeping when we arrived home from our usual Wednesday church activities and grocery shopping. I carried him into the house and laid him down on my bed which he climbs on and off multiple times each day with no problem. As I
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Two thousand one hundred fourteen. That is the number of days between the birth of my sweet baby girl and today—her first day of Kindergarten. Two thousand one hundred fourteen days to cuddle and share stories together, to nurture her body and soul, to guide her first steps, discipline her in love, and teach her
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Once upon a time (isn’t that how all good stories start?), nine years ago to be exact, my hubby and I were navigating our way through our first year of marriage in the midst of my college classes and part time job and his full time job. Most of the people we knew were
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A little over two years ago when my oldest was barely three, we had two foster daughters. They were in the middle of transitioning home with their birth parents. We wanted to make the last of our time together memorable so my husband and I decided we would take the children all to one of
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