For the Mom Whose Kid Wants to Quit
There once was a nine-year-old who asked her mom for a lacrosse stick. And goggles. And to join a cute team of other nine-year-olds....
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Esther Goetz
- Apr 14
- 2 min
Upside-Down World
Everything about that Easter weekend was strange. My preschoolers only wanted to listen to Christmas music that Wednesday on the drive...
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Esther Goetz
- Mar 30
- 2 min
Mom View
Once upon a time, there was a mom who planned a super special girls' trip for her daughter's big birthday! She carefully picked a place...
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Esther Goetz
- Mar 23
- 1 min
S-T-R-E-T-C-H Marks
One day, a girlish woman looked down at her big burgeoning belly and she had little red lines. She freaked out a bit. "Those are STRETCH...
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Esther Goetz
- Mar 16
- 2 min
Oops...I Did it Again
Oops! I did it AGAIN after I promised myself I would not. I made my kind-of-far-away daughter's birthday magical. I stood in line to get...
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Esther Goetz
- Mar 8
- 2 min
Dropping Shoes
This mom feeling has plagued me all my life. It's been showing up a lot lately no matter how much I try to push it down, aside, or out...
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Esther Goetz
- Feb 23
- 2 min
You Don't Have to Play Nice
Lean in and hear this whisper shout, kids. No matter what you've heard all your life, you don't have to play nice. In fact, you...
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Esther Goetz
- Feb 20
- 2 min
What am I to give myself?
So what is a girl to give herself for her birthday? Especially a mid-life girl. One who has messed up and fessed up and who is still...
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Esther Goetz
- Feb 16
- 3 min
The Gift
(Welcome to my guest blogger, my daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Meassick) February 18 is the birthday of Esther Joy Goetz. Throughout her...
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Esther Goetz
- Feb 2
- 3 min
What If I'm Not as Good as Other Moms
I remember the very first time it happened. I was handing the “snack that smiles back” to my toddler at play group and one mom said to...
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Esther Goetz
- Jan 31
- 1 min
10 Fun Ideas for Valentines Day for Big Kids
If your big kid is still at home or away from home, this is great way to remind them that they're never too old to have some Valentine...
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Esther Goetz
- Jan 19
- 2 min
Bad Drivers
There's this bad driver in my life. She's there, steering me down a road that DOES NOT lead me where I really want to go: the space of...
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Esther Goetz
- Jan 12
- 2 min
Cleaning Up Messes
Finding the beets upside-down in the vegetable drawer first thing in the morning, their bright red juice settled into the cracks, almost...
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- Jan 5
- 2 min
I always tell myself this...
I always tell myself that I'm going to do it differently. The next time my daughter is upset. I want to just listen. Intently. Not talk....
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- Dec 22, 2021
- 2 min
Heavy and Uncomfortable
Not sure about you, but the last month of pregnancy was just the worst. Well-meaning people asking, “are you still here?” Babies sitting...
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- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
UNDER PRESSURE
I started to feel it a few weeks ago. You probably did too. The fancy Christmas pressure. Make it magical. Keep it simple. Be present....
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- Dec 9, 2021
- 2 min
THE MOM THING
What is in this little brown bag? If I showed you, it probably wouldn’t mean anything to you. In fact, you might be like, “Who cares? So...
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- Dec 1, 2021
- 3 min
PARENTING (the constant return to Advent)
“Advent is for the ones who know longing.” (Sarah Bessey) “Tis the Season.” (Mom utters with eyes rolling while corralling child hyped up...
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Esther Goetz
- Nov 5, 2021
- 3 min
Untaming Our Kids (and Ourselves in the Process)
“Are we going to see the wild horses?” my not-yet-college-bound, have-to-be-dragged-everywhere, youngest asked. “You promised.” We were...
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Esther Goetz
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
A Very Scared Mom
There was this mom who had four kids not in diapers, but not quite teenagers yet. One early summer day, her left leg collapsed. After one...
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