by heatherjgearhart | Aug 25, 2018 | Adventures in Parenting
(originally published on LifesETC.com 1/16/18) In my last post, I confidently shared that “Real vs. Imagined” was a lesson my children needed to learn (as part of my justification for feeling full love for the rather imagined version of P.T. Barnum’s...
by heatherjgearhart | Aug 25, 2018 | Adventures in Parenting
(originally published on LifesETC.com 4/23/18) I don’t know if it’s a blessing or a curse, but I’ve been gifted two amazing children eager for love. My son is as monogamous as they come – having been devoted to the same girl for nearly two...
by heatherjgearhart | Aug 25, 2018 | Sanity Please
This blog post is a PSA for all you significant others out there. Do NOT ask the question, “Did you get a lot done today?” Especially don’t ask this question on day 5 of the teacher walkout in Arizona. Of course, my husband asked the question. I know...
by heatherjgearhart | Jan 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
I wasn’t 100 percent certain I wanted to be a mom. When most girls played house, I played “business.” I did not want to hold babies. I got mad whenever my mother would volunteer me to babysit a friend’s child…it wasn’t my wheelhouse. But when I met my husband – I...
by heatherjgearhart | Jan 5, 2017 | Adventures in Parenting
As I’ve mentioned before on this blog, my 5-year-old daughter is very into colored hair. Not like, blonde vs. brunette, but blonde vs. blue, pink, purple, etc. At first, I was in love with the spray-in and chalk hair dyes. But then I had to keep buying them. And...
