I went Wordy Wednesday for my Food/Nutrition post and I think I’m going to do the same here. Wordy Wednesday is the wordy bloggers answer to Wordless Wednesday.
Today, I’ve got my daughter, Sarah, eating a cupcake at my sister-in-law’s 30th birthday this past weekend.  She’s got pink sparkles on her face and her hair is wet from the pool.  She obviously had a blast.

Sarah is 11 and she is going into the 6th grade in about a month. She’s my youngest - she’s quite a bit younger than her next oldest sibling, Bay, who is turning 17 in a couple of weeks.
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In my grandmother’s day, being a housewife meant being a wife who stays in the house. She cleaned, cooked, managed finances and looked after the children. Sure, she had the occasional cup of coffee with Mrs. Smith down the street. But there were no such things as ladies’ night out, play groups and chat rooms. I asked my grandma if the women back then ever shared their burdens and struggles, as mothers. She thought for a minute and then admitted that nobody really talked about those things. “We swapped recipes and talked about the next church pot luck. But nothing …read more