children

Motherhood Parenting 

Stopping To Smell The Roses — And Play In Puddles

April 15, 2016April 29, 2016 Kimberly Zapata childhood, children, family

Last week, it rained. It wasn’t a big storm, and it didn’t last long, but it was just enough: enough

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Motherhood Parenting 

A Letter To All “Bad Moms”

March 29, 2016May 1, 2016 Kimberly Zapata bad mom, children, featured, good mom, honest moms, raising kids

Oh, mama: I hear you now. You are berating yourself. Questioning yourself. Criticizing yourself. You are saying those words: I

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Depression Motherhood Parenting 

How My Depression Makes Me A Better Mom

January 20, 2016 Kimberly Zapata children, health & wellness, living with depression, mental health, mental illness

Depression has not always made me the best friend, the best sister, the best daughter, or the best wife. In

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Motherhood Parenting 

To the Woman You Will Become

January 11, 2016June 22, 2016 Kimberly Zapata children, family, raising girls

Dearest Daughter: You are two-and-a-half years old. Actually, you are a few days shy of that mark, but I think you stop

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Motherhood Parenting 

Treasuring My Mommy Memories, & The ‘Last Time’

December 16, 2015 Kimberly Zapata children, family, love, mommyhood

Mommy loves you. Daddy loves you. The kitty cats love you. We all love you very much. Now it’s time

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Motherhood Parenting Pregnancy 

To You, The Child I Don’t Have But Want (Sort Of)

November 19, 2015 Kimberly Zapata children, moms, multiple children, only child

I don’t why it happened. Maybe I am just a bit too raw, too emotional. Maybe it is the picture

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Parenting 

Life, Through The Eyes Of A Child

September 30, 2015May 1, 2016 Kimberly Zapata castles, childhood, children, cinderella, disney, disney world, dreams, magic

I am obsessed with all things Disney. Yes, that’s right; this tattooed, thirty-one year old chick still obsesses over the Mouse

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