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Self-Care

By Lore Slaughter | October 20, 2021 |

Healthcare providers –especially those who specialize in mental health – love to talk about self-care.  “Don’t forget to make time for self-care!” “Self-care is important!” “You deserve self-care too!”  These are all phrases I hear all of the time both from my own providers and from moms reporting back from their providers but I don’t…

Stains Be Gone

By Lore Slaughter | October 8, 2021 |

Can we take a minute to talk about something that we all like to ignore? LAUNDRY… I know there are some unicorns out there (like my own mother) who actually enjoy doing laundry but if you are like me and most of my own mom friends – laundry is not your favorite chore.  For me…

Kindergarten

By Lore Slaughter | September 16, 2021 |

Where did the summer go?  I feel like I blinked and suddenly it’s September.  Similarly, I blinked and my firstborn son became a kindergartener.  As you read this, he already has his two weeks of elementary school under his belt.  As a teacher myself, I LOVE back to school.  I will fully admit that shopping…

Friendship

By Lore Slaughter | September 10, 2021 |

As moms, we all know how important friendship is.  Not only do we want our children to have successful friendships, we – ourselves- also need strong friendships in our lives.  Human beings were not meant to be alone.  We were meant to live with one another and help each other –especially women who historically worked…

Preventing the Leak 101

By Lore Slaughter | August 13, 2021 |

Leaking breastmilk is one of the more embarrassing nursing pitfalls.  Some women leak milk their entire nursing journey and others leak only when their babes are newborns.  A lucky few don’t leak at all but in talking to other moms, these women seem to be in the minority.  I can tell you from personal experience…

Birthdays

By Lore Slaughter | August 6, 2021 |

Last week I celebrated my birthday.  The night before I was lying in bed waiting for my one-year-old to fall asleep and I started thinking about how much my view of birthdays has changed since I became a mother. When I was a child I remember looking forward to my birthday because it was the…

Surviving a Day at the Beach

By Lore Slaughter | July 16, 2021 |

Summer is hands down my favorite season.  I love the warm weather, the flowers, and the lazy weekend days with a cold drink in my hand watching my children play.  I feel like summer is forever associated in people’s minds with the beach.  Although I love summer, I’m actually not the biggest beach lover.  That…

Single Moms and Military Spouses

By Lore Slaughter | July 9, 2021 |

For those who don’t know my background… when my husband and I were married, he was an active-duty soldier in the United States Army.  He served in Iraq just before our wedding and then spent a year in Korea a little over a year later.  When his original contract was fulfilled, my husband switched over…

5 Years

By Lore Slaughter | June 11, 2021 |

Just this past week my firstborn son turned 5.  It still feels strange to type that out.  If you are reading this post on the day it publishes you will probably be reading it while I am attending his preschool graduation.  I didn’t even know that preschool graduation was a thing!  The past year and…

Get In The Photo Mama!

By Lore Slaughter | June 4, 2021 |

I was reading a magazine the other day and stumbled upon a piece that had asked readers to write in and tell the magazine about an event or moment that they wish they had a photo of but don’t.  There were many different responses covering a wide variety of memories from a graduation ceremony to…