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The Morning Some Puzzles Nearly Killed Me

July 31, 2017 By Lauren

After a difficult and embarrassing public moment with her child, a mom reflects on what she could have done differently.

This post was first published April 14, 2014 Humiliating doesn’t even begin to describe Friday morning. Samuel starts PreK in the fall. His future school was hosting an Open House on Friday morning. The Morning Some Puzzles Nearly Killed Me The spring before Eli started school, I brought him to the Open House too, so […]

Filed Under: Family Life, Informational, Keeping It Real Challenge, Parenting Essays, Parenting Humor Tagged With: angry, defeated, embarrassing moments, grace, humiliation, keeping it real, problem child, tantrum

The butt dial I won’t soon forget

July 29, 2014 By Lauren

a butt dial to remember

It’s been exactly one year since the most embarrassing moment of my life (to date). How do I know this? Because as soon as it happened, I decided to share it with the world. And apparently it struck a chord (or people just like to laugh at me) because it was the first time my […]

Filed Under: Family Life, Parenting Humor Tagged With: 911, butt dial, embarrassing moments, kids, sheriff

Week eleven: Up close and personal

April 8, 2014 By Lauren

If you’re just joining me, please click here to find out what this is all about. Last week’s update was all about the embarrassing things that happen once you become a parent. Guess what this week is about? Yeah. The same. exact. thing. Here’s how it went down: On Monday I guest blogged at Robin’s […]

Filed Under: Keeping It Real Challenge Tagged With: embarrassing moments, hunting license, keeping it real, television news

Week ten: School daze

March 31, 2014 By Lauren

If you’re just joining me, please click here to find out what this is all about. Samuel was supposed to start nursery school last fall. We sent Eli to a wonderful school when he was three and just assumed we would do the same with Samuel. However, when August rolled around it was clear that […]

Filed Under: Keeping It Real Challenge Tagged With: embarrassing moments, first day of school, keeping it real, pee

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