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It’s Really OK That Your Kid Bit Mine, I Promise

2022-02-25
By: Lauri Walker
On: February 25, 2022

When my son was in Kindergarten a little girl crawled up near his chair during class and bit him on the butt. I kid you not. When his teacher called me to tell me what happened I dang near peed my pants, I laughed so hard. The image of itRead More →

5 Reasons Why Candy Crush is Good for My Mental Health

5 Reasons Why Candy Crush is Good for My Mental Health

2018-07-13
By: Lauri Walker
On: July 13, 2018

I’m a Mom with a lot of kids and all the normal stress that that implies. Parenting is hard, thankless work and as parents, we take a lot of crap. It is hard on our bodies and mental health. In today’s world it seems that everyone has to have aRead More →

The Real Reason I’m Not Going to Talk About Who Effed Up My Day

2018-04-11
By: Lauri Walker
On: April 11, 2018

I love that I get to write about nothing and everything. If an idea strikes me I can put it out there and anyone who wants to read it is able to. Most of the time. My dad and I were joking around the other day and he said, I’mRead More →

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I’m Lauri, a mom of four (one girl, three boys), a home-based daycare owner and a funny parenting writer. I’m based in the Pacific Northwest and like every mother ever, I need a nap! Parenting is hard work, but it’s also a lot of fun.

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I had worked late the night before so I got up a l I had worked late the night before so I got up a little later in the morning. When I turned on the TV the very first image I saw was a replay of Flight 175 just before it hit the second tower. I was instantly in shock. I had no idea what I was seeing. I could not process the horror of what had been done. When I tucked my kids into bed the night before the world, as crazy as it is, was in a state of normalcy for us. We had a sense of peace. For a moment. That moment was shattered forever on September 11, 2001. My son was eleven months old. My daughter was three and a half years old. The sky over my home, that day, was a glorious clear blue. It was unthinkable that on the other side of our nation lives were being ripped apart in senseless devastation. And, yet, they were. In the years since, we've risen as a nation to fight, grieve, heal, and reform together. We will never be the same. We will never forget. We've lost our sense of peace. We will never tuck our babies in at night the same way again. We will always, as a nation, be on the alert. But we are not torn. We are not divided in our defense of our home. We will always remember those who were lost, those who gave everything for someone else that day, and those who were never found. It is raining today. A clean, sweet rain that washes away the dust and pushes us toward fall, but if I close my eyes I see it. Glorious clear blue sky. We will always remember. 9.11.01
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