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We’re clearing out our basement getting ready to finish it. I’ve come across the soda can collection I started when we were stationed in Germany. I’ve carted these empty cans across the Atlantic from Jersey to Iowa and now they’re in Minnesota. They are worthless (I mean for some of Read more
A long time ago, in very cold and blustery North Dakota, there lived a ten-year-old girl who was physically far beyond her years. She longed to have a flat chest like the other girls in her grade. She desperately wanted to have long skinny legs. Instead, she had breasts (she Read more
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Sleep. It’s one of those things that new parents are completely unaware of until they’re thrust into the trenches of parenthood. Sure, people try to warn you when you’re pregnant to sleep now before the baby comes but it’s always said with this slight tone of sarcasm that you never Read more
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Are you in need of a night out with girlfriends? Do you love shopping? I just discovered the perfect place to go. Where can you find three awesome restaurants, shops filled with chic boutique style clothing, must-have antiques, treasures galore and fabulous refurbished furniture all available in one town? Downtown Read more
There may be affiliate links in this blog post. Thank you for supporting First Time Mom! Have you experienced “mom brain?” I came across a meme while scrolling through my Newsfeed that perfectly captured how I sometimes feel as a mom of two small children, “I’ve lost my mind, I’m pretty sure Read more
You can see it on Huffington Post right here. It’s not something that you ever want to hear from your child: “Mom, he said he was going to kill me and my friends.” My stomach dropped and the blood rushed from my head. As a kid who lived through Columbine and had Read more
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