Tag: relationships

When Love Is Work

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All of our lives we are taught about love. There are more quotes in literature about love than I can count. We especially got...

Dating Violence Awareness Month: Tips For Keeping Your Teen Safe

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As I've jumped back into the dating world post-divorce, I've reflected on how I landed here. I've spent time digging deep to discover who...

Are We Still Friends? Friendships Past the Pandemic

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As you can imagine, over the course of the last year I participated in fewer coffee dates and practically zero lunches with dear friends....

An Argument for Putting Down Your Phone

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How many times do you go back and view old videos and photos on your phone? I may have done it a handful of times. I...

Estranged: Cutting All Ties In Order to Save Myself

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6 years? Maybe 7? I don’t keep track. I’ve seen her a few times, but I walked right by. It wasn’t ghosting; it was...

Teen Dating Violence – It’s A Bigger Problem Than You Think

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While lots of people think of February as full of hearts and love, February is also a time that calls attention to the darker...

The Lonely World of Friendship: Seeking Belonging as an Adult

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Raise your hand if you have ever felt like you don’t belong or aren’t good enough. Yup, that’s what I thought. There are a...

Why I Yell: 3 Surprising Revelations About Parenting

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We live in a loud house. Most days, we can attribute the noise to my mother-in-law and husband yelling at the Hawkeyes, Cubs, Bears,...

When Mommy Isn’t Mommy

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When the doctor hands you that baby, or you sign those adoption papers, or even when you see the two pink lines on the...

To My Husband: I Notice

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After two years of being part of the Iowa City Moms Blog, this will be my last post. It has been a fun (and...