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      Let’s Talk about Adoption

      Sarah's family

      Top 5 Lessons of an Evil Stepmom

      On Having to Adopt Your Own Child

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      What you Need to Know about Adoption

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      Read a Book, Watch the Movie

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      Confessions of a Late Mom

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      GO! SEE! EXPLORE! : Dixon Gallery and Gardens

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      How To Survive A Road Trip With Your Kids

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      Grief NOT at the Holidays

      The Ugly Side of Motherhood

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      Why I Swore to Never Have an Elf on the Shelf and How it’s Been Going Since We Got One

      Frustrated mom during the holidays

      The Emotional Motherload: Balancing Holiday Expectations

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      When My ADHD Brain Collided with Perimenopause

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      GO! SEE! EXPLORE! :: Memphis Hustle Game

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      Video Game Addiction

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      Support Each Other Using SupportNow

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      Tried and True Snow Day Rituals

      I Want to Mom Like the Grizz

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      20 Things You Must Do This Fall, PSL Optional

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      Pumpkin Spice, You’ve Gone Too Far

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      CHOICES :: The Only Birthing Center in Memphis

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      My Birth Story :: Hannah P.

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      My Birth Story :: Kathryn

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      BLOOM 2025 : Our Annual Event for New and Expecting Moms

      Non Restaurant Valentine’s Dates

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      Date Night, Memphis Style

      A Few Sex Truths

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      Potty Training: Toddlerhood’s Trust Fall

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      Read a Book, Watch the Movie

      20 Cute and Punny Valentine Ideas for the Classroom

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      Tried and True Snow Day Rituals

      The Best and Worst Parts of High School

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      If You Could Screen for Autism as Early as One Month, Would You?

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      Rethinking Blue for Autism Awareness

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      What I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Became an Autism Parent

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      Top 10 Tips for Parents from an ABA Professional

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      How To Survive A Road Trip With Your Kids

      Travel, Kids, and Making Memories : Flight Deals for Families

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      Friday Favorites (Travel Edition)

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      The Holiday of November 11th

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      GO! SEE! EXPLORE! : South Main Book Juggler

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      GO! SEE! EXPLORE! : Dixon Gallery and Gardens

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      MEMPHIS STAYCATION : Caption by Hyatt Beale Street

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      MEMPHIS STAYCATION : Hyatt Centric Beale Street

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      MEMPHIS STAYCATION : Hilton Garden Inn Downtown

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      Ice Cream and Popsicles and Snowcones… Oh My!

      Local Memphis Artists We Love

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      Summer Guide to Splash Pads and Water Fun

      Memphis Moms Easter Events Roundup

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      Your Guide to Local CSAs

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      100 Things to do in Memphis over Spring [Break]

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      2025 Summer Camp Guide

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      Memphis Moms Guide to Black Owned Local Businesses

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      The Coolest Places to Play Indoors in Memphis

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      What Mom Really Wants This Christmas.

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      Pack Your Bags, Mama! :: Your Hospital Bag Packing List

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      Memphis Moms Pumpkin Patch Guide 2024

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      100 Things to do in Memphis in October (and all Fall long)

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      Memphis Moms Playground Roundup

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      The Mid-South Fair : A Guide to Taking Your Family

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      Day Trippin’ :: The Parker Homestead Festival, Harrisburg AR

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      Day Trippin’ :: Oxford, MS

      Our Favorite Things 2022

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      Summer Friday Favorites by Erin

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      Our Favorite Things 2021 :: Holiday Edition

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      Our Favorite Things 2020

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      Our Favorite Things 2019 :: Holiday Edition

      These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things (About Thanksgiving)

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Author: Kathryn

I am a pediatric ER nurse who works weekends and stays home with four kids during the week. My life is basically one hot mess after the next and most days I am doing good just to make sure everyone is alive, fed, and bathed somewhat regularly. My husband is my best friend and the funniest person I know. We have been married 13 years and love to travel, go on date nights, and wonder what people without kids do with all their time and money! We have a ten year old, six year old twins, and a 1 year old who came to us via embryo adoption. Our lives are nuts but we wouldn't trade it for anything. Hashtag blessed!
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Running After Eliza

ByKathryn August 28, 2023August 28, 2023

It was a big day. I planned to run the farthest that I had run since injuring my…

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Pregnancy/Postpartum

“At Least You Have the One” :: Secondary Infertility

ByKathryn April 25, 2023April 26, 2023

From the time that I was a little girl, I always wanted a big family. I wanted to…

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Hang in There Homeschool Mom!
School

Hang in There Homeschool Mom!

ByKathryn August 7, 2022August 7, 2022

This will only be my third full year of being a homeschool teacher so I am hardly an…

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Ages + Stages

My Son the Sloth

ByKathryn July 24, 2022July 24, 2022

My husband and I are hard-working individuals. We spend our days running around, getting things done, and rarely…

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Ages + Stages

Covid Chronicles

ByKathryn January 23, 2022January 21, 2022

  I am fully vaccinated, my husband is fully vaccinated, my kids have already had Covid (and I…

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5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me in High School
Ages + Stages

5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me in High School

ByKathryn January 9, 2022January 8, 2022

We have 4 kids, but only one of them is a girl. As I’m watching my oldest coast…

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Day Trippin’ :: The Parker Homestead Festival, Harrisburg AR

ByKathryn October 3, 2021October 5, 2021

Want to take a fun day trip? Got some history nerds in your family? Looking for another field…

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Fitness/Health

“Fat” is a Four Letter Word

ByKathryn August 23, 2021August 27, 2021

Like most women I know, I grew up in an era where skinny=beautiful. And the skinnier you were,…

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Top 8 Reasons Not To Homeschool
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Top 8 Reasons Not To Homeschool

ByKathryn August 8, 2021August 9, 2021

I used to joke about homeschooling my kids (mostly about why I could never do it). Then last…

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Friday Faves by Kathryn

ByKathryn December 13, 2020December 17, 2020

Now I’m sure all of you are just sitting around thinking, “This time of year is crazy with…

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