Category: humor
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I’m Still Here!
Holy frijole, Batman. The last several months since I’ve posted have been insane in the membrane. It’s all a blur. I hardly remember them, just like I hardly remember most of last year. And that tunnel we all collectively fell into at the start of the pandemic? It’s barely starting to show it’s light at…
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Let’s Talk About ANTS: Automatic Negative Thoughts
When I was a kid, maybe 7 or 8, I sneaked out of bed to see what my parents were watching on TV. That night, they happened to be watching “The X-Files”; I hid in the hallway and peeked around the corner to watch. A reptile creature was crawling through some bushes and watching a…
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Parenting in the Time of Pandemic
My 2 year old just had an epic meltdown. You know the kind: laying on the ground, thrashing, kicking, shrieking, red faced, completely-lost-it kind of tantrum. What set her off? Well, immediately leading up to said tantrum, she was pouring milk into her training potty, and letting her brother splash in it. So, Daddy took…
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Mass During a Pandemic
March 8, 2020 was the last time my family and I attended Mass before the shutdown. The Diocese of Austin officially cancelled in-person Masses on March, 17, 2020. My two youngest kids and my husband both had some kind of virus the Sunday prior, March 15th, so we stayed home. We have not gone to…
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Coping with a Pandemic
This is not a how-to-cope post, because let’s be real, you’ve been getting “how to cope” tips from EVERYONE. I even got one from my Nissan dealer yesterday. (Yes, car dealership, please give me tips for meditating and art projects.) I feel fairly confident that if you’ve watched TV, read emails or browsed social media…
Tired Parent Club 