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Learning to Share in Adulthood

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I’ve never been very good at sharing. Growing up an only child, I didn’t really have to be. I actually have three sisters whom I adore—but technically, they’re half-sisters, from my father’s previous and subsequent marriages. There’s…
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Blue Ivy! Is a Name! Just a Name Hardly?

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What’s in a name? Plenty. Take the recent flap over Jay Z and Beyonce’s bouncing baby girl being named Blue Ivy. Some fans were left wondering why the music power couple would choose a color associated with less than happy feelings and…
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A Less Than Obvious Choice: My Path to Single Motherhood, Part 2

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Editor’s note: In Part 1, Resa Barillas shared her experience learning about her pregnancy and breaking the news to her parents, with the help of her sister. It took me a little longer to muster up the courage to tell the father, but since…
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Am I a Helicopter Mom?

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A recent development made me wonder whether I'm a helicopter mom. My son spent an entire week at The Cowboy's ranch in the lead up to Christmas. It was the longest unbroken time we'd all spent together, and some remarkable changes were…
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Horseback Riding Lessons with Mom

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Horseback riding lessons with my mother taught me more than riding. In every ritual, there is the costume that transforms reality into something bigger. Ours began with squeezing into our second-skin breeches first, followed by the requisite…
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My Thanksgiving Adoption Story

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Thanksgiving is when I most appreciate the happy ending of my adoption story! ALWAYS THANKFUL There isn't a day—Thanksgiving or not—where I don't look at my boy and marvel at how we have been brought together. We were so clearly meant…
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What to Do If Your Son Doesn't Like Sports

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Let me preface what I'm about to say with the following disclaimer: Not all boys like sports, and that's okay. Now then. Let me continue by saying my son happens to be one of those boys who loves sports in an obsessive sort of way, and…
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Make up Tips for Moms

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Luhreyn Loves Makeup and she loves her mom. This video has some great makeup tips for moms but it's even more fun to see the mother/daughter rapport as Luhreyn beautifies her very stoic mom. And be sure to watch the bloopers at the end! For…
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Pranking Mom With Shock Toy: Those Crazy Kids!

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Mami was just innocently prepating tortillas for dinner, but her kids were cooking up something a little different! For more fantastic MamiTV videos and content, visit Mamiverse.com!