These free pumpkin carving templates are here to keep the fun in your family pumpkin carving activity and the frustration out of it!
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These free pumpkin carving templates are here to keep the fun in your family pumpkin carving activity and the frustration out of it!
“I didn’t know the record I’d used for a marriage certificate, my Certificate of Baptism and Birth, showed a falsified birthplace. Now, I think of that record as an award to my parents who blessed and legitimized an illegitimate child.”
“I cannot imagine how confusing it feels to be a tiny human trying to navigate such a situation.”
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A 23-year-old California woman named Britt left work one night feeling a little under the weather. She ended up checking herself into the ER hours later, hoping to be treated for her stomach pain. But Britt was in the shock of her life, to say the least. The doctors discovered that she was actually 7.5 …
“Preparing them to get the best grades, to get into the best college, or learn another language, or perfect the violin, or work with a top soccer trainer. Instead, I want to cherish them now and give them what they deserve. Time.”
“Today, I lost it. I could feel my nerves fraying at the seams as my toddler refused to listen to anything I said. And in true me fashion, I cried. I lost my patience. I slammed cabinets and scraped plates filled with uneaten dinner. I took away privileges and declared mommy law. The mental load of motherhood broke me. Finito. Buh-bye. GONE.”
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“‘The judge signed off, and now we can go through with the adoption.’ It should have been one of the happiest days of my life. Instead, I was absolutely terrified. We’d just gotten some absolutely terrible news a few days before: James had cancer.”
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