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Can you ever forgive yourself for the time your child flipped backward from a shopping cart and landed on her head on the concrete floor? Eventually. But you never forget. Making mistakes is part of being a mom but for some reason we find it hard to forgive ourselves. Perhaps it's all that advice from… Continue reading 7 mom things you won’t find in parenting books

Violence averted at the O-Kazek Corral

April 1, 2017April 2, 2017 Kelly Kazek

From the book "Fairly Odd Mother: Musings of a Slightly Off Southern Mom." Written in 2008 when Baby Girl was 14. The house was quiet. I was in my bedroom; Shannon in hers. Between us — the kitchen. Who would make the first move? The tension mounted (cue the eerie, whistling theme to “The Good, The… Continue reading Violence averted at the O-Kazek Corral

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To Baby Girl, age 6, on the first night you slept over with a friend

April 1, 2017April 2, 2017 Kelly Kazek

Written in 1999 ... I just hung up the phone from telling you good night – it doesn’t sound the same across a wire – and I’m lying her thinking of you. Your words were hurried and slurred from excitement and exhaustion as you described your afternoon at the pool, your dinner of hot dogs… Continue reading To Baby Girl, age 6, on the first night you slept over with a friend