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By Arnebya Herndon

I am a wife and working mom of three: two girls (ages 11 and 8) and a boy (age 2). My blog will focus on family, marriage, finances (or lack thereof while trying to still maintain a "normal" life), raising a tween, toddlerhood, and everything else that falls between (communication in marriage, work/life balance, sniveling in bathroom stalls until my feet are numb because I miss my baby, etc.). See more here.

I work eight hours a day at a job that lately I only partially like. I get home and the job that I usually love starts. I say usually because like every working parent, mom or dad, I get tired. I get frustrated that things that are routine for us a ... Read more...
We had a training program at work today on communication. The office provided pizza. Unfortunately, I was far back in line so by the time I got to the pizza, the kind I wanted was gone. I brought soup today so it wasn’t that big of a deal. Until apparently, my decis ... Read more...
I can hear him crying and I'm at the end of the yard, out of the gate, on the sidewalk, crossing the street. Is he standing at the door? I can't turn around. It'll only make it worse. If I see him, I'll go back. If he sees the sadness on my face ... Read more...
I’ve been speaking incessantly to my two older children this year about what the Christmas season is "truly" about -- how gift giving, expectations, disappointment ... Read more...