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!

My C-section flap is the most beautiful thing on my body #skexperts

My C-section flap is the most beautiful thing on my body #skexperts

I am an Expert Among Us for SheKnows.com. Find all of my articles on my SheKnows.com page The C-section flap can cause so many body image issues. But in reality, it is the most beautiful thing I have on my body. All along in all of my three pregnancies, I hoped for vaginal births. I [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:44-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|2 Comments

September 11, 2001

September 11, 2001

My three children were not born on September 11, 2001. They were not even conceived or though of. In fact, I had not even met their father. That would be a year or so away. I was a stockbroker in a large firm on my phone with the trading desk, placing an order, calculating my [...]

2019-09-11T05:42:53-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|5 Comments

I Am Not as Strong As You Think I Am

I Am Not as Strong As You Think I Am

It is possible that I am typing this post with tears in my eyes. Frustrated, tired, at the end of my rope tears. Not because anything in particular is wrong. Not because I have any real complaints in life. But because I get up everyday thinking I can do it, I can handle it and I [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:45-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|25 Comments

Gun Control: A Mom’s Perspective

Gun Control: A Mom’s Perspective

I realize that I am opening a whole can of worms with this post. I don’t care. But after Bob Costas made his opinion known on Sunday Night Football, I have had thoughts swirling through my head that I have to put down on paper. I am for gun control and I am not for gun control. How is [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:45-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|12 Comments

Fallen Leaves

Fallen Leaves

My daughters and I went on a walk the other day. A walk we all needed, having tired of the routine of our days during the holidays. The weather was warm and balmy like most Texas afternoons. We were expecting colder weather over the next few days, so I wanted to stay out as long [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:45-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|47 Comments

Debunking 5 Myths About the Chicken Industry #Tyson

Debunking 5 Myths About the Chicken Industry #Tyson

*I traveled to Tyson Headquarters as an invited guest. All opinions are my own and no content was required in exchange for the trip. The post was not reviewed prior to posting.** #Tyson Last week I got to do something that I was seriously hesitant about. But I am so glad I did it and [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:45-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|51 Comments

I am Still a Good Mom Even if I Don’t Homeschool!

I am Still a Good Mom Even if I Don’t Homeschool!

Every so often a heated debate happens on social media revolving around motherhood. Breastfeeding vs. not vs. where it is OK and where it is not flares up occasionally. Leaving kids in hot cars comes up every Summer, as it should. And other topics arise as we all stumble through motherhood. I am of the [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:45-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|53 Comments

The Truth About Motherhood Regrets

The Truth About Motherhood Regrets

Sometimes the hardest thing to deal with in life is the “what could have been’s”, ‘what should have been’s” and “what I should have done better.” Regrets suck. Especially when, by the time you realize your mistake, it is seemingly too late to turn back. And then the regrets become a running tape in your [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:45-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|23 Comments

A Dead Battery, Pouring Down Rain and Two Stranded Moms

A Dead Battery, Pouring Down Rain and Two Stranded Moms

Have you ever noticed that if things are going to go wrong it is going to go wrong on a day when you have to get on a plane, get the grocery shopping done and pack? And with your mother watching your every ridiculous move? No? Must just be me. We’ll start at the beginning. Two weeks [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:45-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

‘The Best Mom in the World’

My kids tell me I’m the best mom in the world. And every time I hear it, I am overwhelmed with joy that they feel that way. And then I feel bad. Because I know that sometimes I am not. Sometimes I am too busy to stop everything and read countless books, them curled in [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:45-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|24 Comments

How to Raise Children with a Purpose

How to Raise Children with a Purpose

Lately I have been giving a lot of thought to how I am raising my children. Not so much the teaching of good manners, being kind and tolerant to others (needed this Election season for sure), and the proper way to brush their teeth. But to raise children to understand their purpose in life, their calling [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:46-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|33 Comments

The Day I Met My Birth Brothers

The Day I Met My Birth Brothers

At the age of 6, I was taken from my birth family, sent to many foster homes and then adopted by my amazing parents at the age of 8. All 8 siblings were taken by the State of Texas because of the severely abusive situation, the immense poverty we lived in and a mom with a mental [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:46-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|70 Comments

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