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Forging a New Path in Kindergarten
My Dearest Halen, I sit here thinking about how fast five years went by. I think back on being in absolute maternity bliss when you...
Lauren Wiatrek
Aug 16, 20193 min read
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Maybe It’s Okay If I’m Not Okay
Recently a new song has been coming on in my car and every time it does, I find myself turning the volume up and getting chills from the...
Lauren Wiatrek
Mar 12, 20193 min read
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Why Is It So Hard To Downshift?
I find it interesting that during certain times of our life we are forced to slow down. Forced to pause, forced to rest. As moms, we...
Lauren Wiatrek
Dec 14, 20183 min read
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Family Advent Calendar
This year we chose to do a family advent calendar vs. Elf on the Shelf. As much as this creative, Pinterest-loving, sentimental mom would...
Lauren Wiatrek
Dec 2, 20184 min read
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Wounds
Healing from anything is difficult and takes time. Regardless of that wound being physical, emotional or mental. With a battle of breast...
Lauren Wiatrek
Oct 1, 20182 min read
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A Mother's Love is Peace
Last year at this time, I had no idea what was coming. I was living in my own mother’s house (again), I was buried in motherhood of two...
Lauren Wiatrek
May 13, 20182 min read
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I am okay with Valentine's Day
All I have seen lately are moms snappish about how much they hate Valentine’s Day… it bums me out. I mean don’t get me wrong, I get it....
Lauren Wiatrek
Feb 14, 20182 min read
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Sometimes you just have to stop and cuddle.
Life with littles is hard. I find that I am so busy trying to juggle everything, I forget to go to the bathroom. My bladder has become a...
Lauren Wiatrek
Dec 17, 20173 min read
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Five months and 2 days. #nomochemo
When I first walked in to the chemotherapy room I cried. The sad, slow, tears streaming down my face, and trembling…I was scared. But...
Lauren Wiatrek
Oct 27, 20174 min read
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Choose joy. Be a beacon of light.
I had a hard weekend. I let darkness creep into my mind, and instead of my sweeping it aside like my normally happy-go-lucky self does, I...
Lauren Wiatrek
Oct 19, 20175 min read
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What I Think About All The Pink
A Breast Cancer Survivor's Perspective As I am rounding out my chemotherapy treatments in October, it is impossible to miss all the...
Lauren Wiatrek
Oct 7, 20176 min read
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