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Swim Gear Essentials for the “Big Kid” Pool

June 18, 2015 by Jenn 1 Comment

This post contains my affiliate link Last weekend, Hayla had her first experience with a “big kid” pool when we were invited to a friend’s cookout. With towel in hand and donning her favorite pink bikini, she happily raced Josh to the backyard to an 18″, 5 foot deep, above ground pool. And that’s pretty…

Sexuality and the Two Straight Mommies

June 10, 2015 by Jenn 2 Comments

Last weekend, Birth Mom and I took Hayla to a local street fair so the two of them could spend time together. There had only been two other meetings since Hayla moved in; both previous visits ended in meltdowns of epic proportion. Naturally, because of this, my guard was on high alert and in between…

Nesting, Adjusting, and Blossoming

June 4, 2015 by Jenn 2 Comments

I can’t believe it’s been a month and a half since I posted . . . how much of a jerk am I that I announce a foster daughter and then fall off the face of the Earth with no other updates? Truth is, the joke that Josh and I have made about going “from…

Unconventional

April 24, 2015 by Jenn 1 Comment

My life has never been the stereotype for normalcy. Teenagers don’t normally become home owners because their parent dies unexpectedly. 22-year-old girls aren’t normally fighting to walk down the aisle instead of using a wheelchair. Normally, relationships don’t start when you’re married to someone else. The only thing I ever really did in the quote-unquote “right”…

Swim Gear Essentials for the “Big Kid” Pool

Sexuality and the Two Straight Mommies

Nesting, Adjusting, and Blossoming

Unconventional

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