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The Three Lessons of Losing

by Julia Roller · In: Breast Cancer, Parenting, Uncategorized · on Aug 29, 2016

  We just returned home from a weekend soccer tournament. Three games and no wins—one tie and two losses. The second game was a bad loss, one where none of us were quite sure what the final …

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Category: Breast Cancer, Parenting, UncategorizedTag: breast cancer, losing, soccer, youth sports

On Having a New Baby and Breast Cancer

by Julia Roller · In: Breast Cancer, Parenting · on Aug 4, 2016

I was explaining to someone a few months ago that I was in chemotherapy and she looked in confusion at my five-month-old in the stroller right next to us. “But you have a baby!”   I know, I …

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Category: Breast Cancer, ParentingTag: breast cancer, breastfeeding, chemotherapy, new baby

Have You Affirmed Your Family Today?

by Julia Roller · In: Parenting · on Aug 20, 2015

Last week at dinner my younger son casually turned to me and said, “These are the things I like about you, Mommy, that you play Legos with me, that you play puppies with me, that you hug me and that …

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Category: ParentingTag: affirmations, affirming children, Christian parenting, encouragement, parenting

Mom of Boys and. . .

by Julia Roller · In: Parenting · on Jul 30, 2015

I often tweet with the hashtag #momofboys. I’ve realized over the past (almost) nine years of being a mom of one and then two boys how much a part of my identity this has become. I think of myself as …

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Category: ParentingTag: baby girl, expecting, mom of boys, pregnancy

How to Help a Depressed New Mom

by Julia Roller · In: Parenting · on Apr 20, 2015

I’ll just come out with it: I’m an eavesdropper. I love to write and edit in coffee shops, partly because I can’t procrastinate by doing laundry and partly because I love to hear the snippets of …

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Category: ParentingTag: baby blues, depression, help, new mom, postpartum depression, service

Driving Like a Christian

by Julia Roller · In: Parenting · on Feb 10, 2015

  Today I actually stuck out my tongue at another driver. He blew around me and then cut into my lane, and I was so annoyed that’s how I responded. It could have been worse, I know, but …

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Category: ParentingTag: Christian parenting, driving, parenting

Confessions of a Soccer Mom

by Julia Roller · In: Parenting · on Dec 10, 2014

Over Thanksgiving weekend we all got up crazy early, not to engage in Black Friday shopping, but to drive my son many miles away to a Thanksgiving soccer tournament.   Such a practice was not …

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Category: ParentingTag: parenting, prioritizing, soccer, time management, youth soccer

Are You (And Your Kids) Looking for Silence?

by Julia Roller · In: Parenting, Silence · on Aug 26, 2014

A couple of weeks ago, I was on carpool duty for summer camp. So I had my 7-year-old son, my 4-year-old son, and then two spare 7-year old boys in the back of my car as we drove to pirate camp. One, …

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Category: Parenting, SilenceTag: digital detox, parenting, silence, spiritual disciplines

The Joy of Parenting

by Julia Roller · In: Parenting, Uncategorized · on Jul 17, 2014

I've seen A LOT of Shamu shows. Living as we do in San Diego, we often find ourselves stopping in at Sea World to feed the seals and sea lions, check out the sharks, and of course, see the …

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Category: Parenting, UncategorizedTag: dancing, joy, parenting, sea world, shamu, singing, This Little Light of Mine, VBS

Five Tips for Flying with Small Children

by Julia Roller · In: Parenting, Travel · on Jul 3, 2014

We live in San Diego, and my parents live in the St. Louis area, so ever since I became a mom, I’ve racked up quite a few frequent flier miles just going back and forth. We even fly up to visit my …

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Category: Parenting, TravelTag: airplane, flights, flying with children, travel, traveling with children

Three Goals for a Simpler Summer

by Julia Roller · In: Parenting, Simplicity · on Jun 17, 2014

  School ended on Friday, and we are now officially on summer vacation, as my 4-year-old keeps excitedly reminding us. We celebrated with a family trip to the drive-in to see How To Train Your …

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Category: Parenting, SimplicityTag: simplicity, summer camp, summer vacation

Why Writing about My Family Makes Me a Better Mom

by Julia Roller · In: Parenting, The Writing Life · on May 29, 2014

I recently saw the new movie Mom’s Night Out and loved it. Very funny and a great expression of what so many moms struggle with—the meaning of all the stuff we do, the way we feel that we’re not very …

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Category: Parenting, The Writing LifeTag: Mom's Night Out, mommy bloggers, parenting, writing

Moving Past “Good Enough”

by Julia Roller · In: Parenting · on May 14, 2014

Last month the first grade project was building a diorama to display an animal of the student's choice. My son came home all fired up to get started, and after I got him a shoebox, he pretty much went …

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Category: ParentingTag: Christian mom, good enough, parenting, raptors, school age children

Everything Is Awesome

by Julia Roller · In: Parenting · on Mar 14, 2014

    We went to see The Lego Movie at the drive-in a few weeks ago. Popcorn, Reese's Pieces, beanbags and blankets in the back of the car--it was a sublime evening. The whole way home, …

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Category: ParentingTag: "Everything Is Awesome", parenting, praising God, The Lego Movie

Three Ways to Keep You (and Your Family) Sane on Road Trips

by Julia Roller · In: Parenting · on Nov 4, 2013

Learning to Enjoy the Journey We just got back from a road trip to Yosemite. On the way out it was just the boys and me for the roughly 8 hour journey. (My husband met us there.) I was more than a …

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Category: ParentingTag: faith journey, parenting, road tri[ps, traveling with kids

Goodbye to the Diaper Bag

by Julia Roller · In: Parenting · on Oct 8, 2013

I've been carrying a diaper bag around for a long time now, almost seven years to be exact.                 I've gotten used to hauling this monster around-- to the …

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Category: ParentingTag: diaper bag, how fast they grow, mom of boys, parenting, toilet training

Four Tips for Potty Training

by Julia Roller · In: Miscellaneous, Parenting · on Sep 24, 2013

    My three-year-old just ran past me, chanting, "Pee-pee, don't come out yet! Don't come out yet, Pee-pee!" He's in the bathroom now, and hopefully all is going well.   His recent …

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Category: Miscellaneous, ParentingTag: parenting, raising boys, rewards, toilet training

“You Will Miss It”: The Back-to-School Blues

by Julia Roller · In: Parenting · on Sep 9, 2013

            With my younger son starting preschool today and my older son in his second week of first grade, I now have three mornings a week all to myself! Celebration time, right?             You …

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Category: ParentingTag: back to school, parenting

A Very Boy Vacation

by Julia Roller · In: Parenting · on Jul 9, 2013

We just got home from a visit with my parents. Something I love (and miss) about the Midwest are the summer thunder showers. The boys loved lying in their beds and watching the lightning flashes and …

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Category: ParentingTag: boys, parenting, VBS

The Art of Housekeeping

by Julia Roller · In: Housekeeping, Parenting · on Jun 17, 2013

A few months back I reported on my resolution to let my house be dirty. And to not care. So I thought I'd let you all know how that was going. And the answer is . . . pretty well, …

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Category: Housekeeping, ParentingTag: cleaning house, housekeeping, organizing

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