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My first year of law school, I flunked a class. Contracts I. I just didn’t get it. And when your entire grade rides on one test for the entire semester and you don’t get it? You flunk the class. I still remember walking down the hall to see the grades for my number. Each student [...]
Family dynamics are odd. I grew up thinking that I had a very typical, North American family – two parents, three siblings, a dog and a couple of cats. My parents weren’t divorced and I didn’t grow up with step-siblings. My dad worked and my mom stayed at home for at least part of my [...]
“Family is the love you’re given. Friendship is the love you choose.” –Anon. On Thursdays we discuss our families here at Just.Be.Enough. We write about the complexities of being a family and being enough inside those relationships. But what if your family is made up of more than the people who share the same DNA? [...]
Source: Uploaded by user via Sarah on Pinterest Recently we attended the confirmation of our niece Amanda, the little sister of Victoria, a senior who will be heading to college a mere four days after she walks across the stage to receive her high school diploma this June. I have watched these two girls grow [...]
It’s the eve of a family vacation. A vacation we’re taking both of the kids out of school for. See, each child has already had a spring break. Separately. Which means this is my third spring break in six weeks. I’m thinking of it as the ultimate in playing hooky. There’s a bit of a [...]
“That’s the family that cannot control their daughter.” “That’s the family that lets their children stay home unsupervised.” “That’s the family whose child just passed away.” “That’s the family that is always late to parties.” We have all heard statements like these. Maybe we have even uttered them on occasion. Labeling a family by a behavior. [...]
As the mom of twins I tend to get lots of flack about dressing the boys in the same outfits. I readily admit that my strong tendencies toward picture-perfect outfits have been part of the problem from the time they were infants, and I also concede that my life is a lot less chaotic when [...]
Tuesday I volunteered in my daughter’s preschool classroom, three and just-turned-four year olds painting watercolor storms and building a man out of curved and straight wooden shapes. Boys and girls tripped over dress-up clothes, and I sat with Abbey and her friend as they played a hybrid of school and zoo with little plastic animals [...]
Imagine feeling taller. Imagine feeling stronger from the inside out. Imagine knowing and BELIEVING that you are strong. Just.Be.Enough.
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