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Things I Learned in May

Things I Learned in May | BrightLightForever.com

Can you believe May is almost over? I love the lengthening sunlit hours of an approaching summer. I wake to sunshine and it lingers after we’ve put the kids to bed. Last night Steve and I laid head-to-head on our L-shaped sectional (I took the short side, obvs) and read our library books right through the twilight hour (his & mine). We didn’t even have to turn the lights on.

To celebrate the end of May, today I’m joining Emily of Chatting at the Sky to share five things I learned this month including: how to get myself to eat more salad, what I wish I’d known about DIY, and my fav place to find gorgeous lazy-girl hairstyles!

Let’s go!

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5 Things to Do When Your Kid’s Tantrum is Ruining the Fun

How to Deal with Tantrums When Out

About five seconds into our backyard picnic today I knew it was all over.

As I was handing my four-year-old his plate, one of his pear slices slipped and fell (in absolute slow-motion) onto the ground. My heart sank. I could feel his cry building: the mounting atmospheric pressure of a volcano about to erupt. Then with wailing, tears, and tremors of sheer panic he picked up that tragic piece of fruit dusted in flecks of dirt. He was freaking out big time.

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Who’s Taking Care of YOU?

Woman swimming in a pool

You’re perched on the starting block over an Olympic-sized pool, fingers gripping the base as the toes of your leading foot curl over the edge. Your heart pounds and your whole body crackles with an electric energy–part terror, part determination–as you stare into the water. The pressure is so intense you can barely breathe. You’re about to swim a 400m relay against strong, well-trained teams of four.

And none of your teammates showed up.

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How I take a Stay At Home Mom Style Day Off

How I take a regular "day off" as a stay-at-home-mom

Do you ever feel like you’re the hub of a wheel?

You’re stuck in the center, spinning fast and pulled in a million directions, but somehow expected to hold everything together in a perfect circle.

My weeks get like that, too.

There are so many things that need to be purchased, fixed, put away, and cleaned up.

So many errands to run and places to be, tears to be dried and needs to be managed.

Some days we run, run, run, and go, go, go and when we get home at the end of it all the house is still in chaos and all the things I haven’t done there hit me like a brick wall.

Sometimes I feel so tired it hollows me out.

Do you know what I mean? Like I don’t know how to pull any more energy from the dried up well inside me.

One of my favorite things to combat that feeling is taking a “domestic day.”

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