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!

Clean Eating: My Week 1 Experience + Tips and Ideas

Clean Eating: My Week 1 Experience + Tips and Ideas

OK, before I get started I have to say that what I am doing may not be for everyone. I have hired a nutritionist that is tailoring my meal plans to me and only me. There is no medical advice in this post and I am in NO WAY advocating changing your diet until you [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:26-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|4 Comments

Moms DO Get It Right

Moms DO Get It Right

I am really hard on myself as a mother, I think. I tend to take bad behavior or habits squarely on my shoulders and absolve outside influences, nature and any other excuse as a reason that my kids can be tough to deal with at times. After all, this is my first shot at motherhood. [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:26-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|2 Comments

Why I Turn Off The TV During the Week

Why I Turn Off The TV During the Week

Look, I love TV. I love movies and I don’t think that screen time rots my kid’s brains. We do weekend movie nights where the kids stay up too late and the TV is on loop while I fold laundry, clean or avoid responsibility all together. But a while back I noticed that my kids [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:26-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|3 Comments

The Day My Daughter Took a Knife to School

The Day My Daughter Took a Knife to School

I was feeling good. Great, actually. On my way home from Crossfit, work under control for the day, bills getting paid, taxes done, want for nothing good. The sun was shining, the windows were down and my radio was blaring. So when the phone rang, it never occurred to me that the conversation I was [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:26-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|9 Comments

I Don’t Want My Kids Hanging Out With Bad Kids

I Don’t Want My Kids Hanging Out With Bad Kids

I would venture to say that I am one of the most accepting, try to see the other side of the story, everyone deserves kindness and friends, kind of person. Being an outcast most of my life, I understand the loneliness and the bad behavior that I exhibited as a young girl where the sole [...]

2020-09-01T12:07:37-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

WIN a Toshiba Tecra C50 Laptop Computer!

WIN a Toshiba Tecra C50 Laptop Computer!

This is a non-sponsored, from me to you, THANK YOU to all of my readers! Every once in a while I take a look at ADayinMotherhood.com and I get this welling up feeling of pride in my chest. Not because I have worked tirelessly, often late into the night, 7 days a week to try [...]

2020-09-01T12:07:42-05:00By Lori|Giveaways, Raising Daughters|43 Comments

I Don’t Agree with Your Parenting Style, But I Am Your Friend Anyway

I Don’t Agree with Your Parenting Style, But I Am Your Friend Anyway

I think I am a pretty normal mom. I raise my kids with the same lessons I learned when I was growing up. Treat others with kindness and respect, do your best at everything you do and try to clean your room at least once a year so I don’t lose my cool and yell [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:27-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|2 Comments

I Just Can’t Today: Admitting I Am Struggling

I Just Can’t Today: Admitting I Am Struggling

I just can't today. I can't get motivated. I can't get happy. I can't get excited about life. I just want to sit on the couch, ignore my life and watch a plethora of shows where everyone seems to have it more together than I do. Even Facebook seems to be mocking me with photos [...]

2020-09-01T12:07:55-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|6 Comments

The Day the Blog Went Dark

The Day the Blog Went Dark

Imagine standing in your living room with a freshly basted pot roast that needs to go in the oven, but the oven is broken, expecting a call from the school, but the phone is dead and the charger shorted out, laundry piled up so high you can't see the floor, but the washer won't turn [...]

2020-09-01T12:08:36-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|7 Comments

How a Sink Full of Dishes Affects My Self Esteem

How a Sink Full of Dishes Affects My Self Esteem

I am standing in my kitchen already feeling a little blue. I don’t know if it is the cold weather, the let down after the constant activity of the holidays or my internal stress about being good enough for this blog, but there seems to be a little cloud following me that I can not [...]

2020-09-01T12:08:41-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|12 Comments

Why I Don’t Want my Kids to Grow up to be President

Why I Don’t Want my Kids to Grow up to be President

I am not a very political person. This is not really a ‘political’ piece. It is more about what is lacking in the process that we use to choose those who make the biggest decisions about our Country and way of life. Generally, I wait until about a week before elections and then do my [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:28-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|0 Comments

What it’s like being a single mom who works from home

What it’s like being a single mom who works from home

I am a proud SheKnows.com contributor. See all of my articles now! I don't know anyone else like me. I know a lot of single moms. I know a lot of moms who work from home. But I don't know any others that are single moms who work from home and provide the life she [...]

2020-09-01T12:08:46-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|0 Comments

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