Raising Daughters

Raising daughters is fun, challenging and the most amazing part of my life. As a single mom, my daughters need a strong, reliable roll model. As a mom, I need support, love and understanding. Parenting in general is better with usable parenting tips, parenting advice and a supportive friend along the way. ADayinMotherhood.com aims to be that friend! My posts offer honest and real life struggles and celebrations that surround motherhood!

I Don’t Want to Be a Bitter Mother

I Don’t Want to Be a Bitter Mother

There is a gash in my soul. A cut so deep within me that it can not be reached, repaired or receive the oxygen it needs to dissipate. It is just there, perpetual and persistent in it’s inability to heal. It was small in childhood, one peppered with memories of love and pain. A dramatic [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:31-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|5 Comments

6 Ways Raising My Spitfire Youngest Has Made Me Better Person

6 Ways Raising My Spitfire Youngest Has Made Me Better Person

My beautiful youngest daughter is 6 today. 6. I have to let that sink in while I grab my tissue for my tears that are sure to come. She is growing up way too fast, as all moms can relate, and challenging me every step of the way. I would not have it any other way. [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:31-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

7 Words That Are Banned in My House

7 Words That Are Banned in My House

‘Shut Up’ ‘I Can’t’ ‘Stupid’ ‘Hate’ ‘Idiot’ ‘Crap’ ‘Whatever’ As a self proclaimed writer, I am a champion for the English language. I am also a supporter of using words to promote your true feelings and emotions as they happen. However, I do feel that words hurt and can hurt very deeply. Even the words [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:31-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|2 Comments

Why I Don’t Cuss in Front of my Kids… Much

Why I Don’t Cuss in Front of my Kids… Much

I have a potty mouth. I land somewhere between a sailor and a sailor who has had a few too many flasks of brandy. It’s true. You would never know it on here because I think there is a time and a place to pull out the humdingers of filthy language to support your point of [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:31-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

I Am a Conservative Mother and I Won’t Apologize for It

I Am a Conservative Mother and I Won’t Apologize for It

My children do not wear bikinis. My children do not have their ears pierced. My children do not wear mid drift shirts or shorts that are too tight. My children are told that tattoos are not acceptable, no matter their age. My children do not watch movies that are above their age range. My children will not [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:32-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|8 Comments

How the Duggar Drama Can Actually a GOOD Discussion Starter for Your Family

How the Duggar Drama Can Actually a GOOD Discussion Starter for Your Family

‘I’m sorry girls, but we won’t be watching 19 Kids and Counting anymore.’ ‘WHAAT?!?!? WHYYYY??? MOOOMMM!!!’ It was difficult parenting decision time. The Duggars are a family that my kids have grown to love. The only one that I felt we could all watch together. We would curl up on Tuesday nights, my hand on [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:32-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

To the Mom Who Breastfeeds in Public

To the Mom Who Breastfeeds in Public

I am a supporter of mothers who take care of their children. Breastfed, bottle fed, formula fed or any other variation of getting nutrition to your child is fine with me. I breast fed and supplemented with formula for my first child because I worked out of the home. I simply could not pump enough [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:32-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|3 Comments

Why Josh Duggar’s Sex Abuse Admission Damages My Trust In People

It happened. The one family I deemed OK for my kids to watch on TV is now banned in this house. I won't put money and trust into a family who hid sex abuse allegations against their son. I won't support a family who preaches to anyone who will listen that physical activity is saved [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:32-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|18 Comments

Don’t tell me I didn’t really give birth because I had a C-Section

Don’t tell me I didn’t really give birth because I had a C-Section

Shaming women who have C-sections is ridiculous and needs to stop! A knife cut through my skin, muscle, tissue and uterus so that my daughter and I could live. It did the same two more times for my other two daughters. Recovery was painful and exhausting paired with the care of newborns and not much [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:32-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters, SheKnows Articles|2 Comments

The ‘Dad Bod’ is Hot?! Does That Mean my ‘Mom Bod’ is Smokin’ too?

The ‘Dad Bod’ is Hot?! Does That Mean my ‘Mom Bod’ is Smokin’ too?

It has been making it’s way around the internet and talk shows. The ‘Dad Bod’ is the new hot for men. You know, that sort of beer belly, rounded look that includes the over-sized shirts and cargo shorts. The look that says, ‘I try but not too hard.’ Though I, personally, am not attracted to this [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:32-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|5 Comments

Living in the Slump of Motherhood

Living in the Slump of Motherhood

I am there now. That place in motherhood that lies somewhere between that happy routine and clinical depression. That place where nothing is really wrong, nothing is really out of place but the ability to just be content is fleeting. It has been this way for a few weeks now. I thought it was because I [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:32-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

A Single Mother’s Mother’s Day

A Single Mother’s Mother’s Day

The one eyed beagle is baying at something in the yard. His deep, raspy howl penetrating my need for sleep. I counted. One… two… three howls. Four… five… six… it was not going to end. Deciding that if he was waking me, my neighbors were at risk as well, I grabbed my robe and ventured out to see what [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:32-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|2 Comments

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