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Picking Flowers for Your Mother and Living Love Again
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
I am in my friend’s floral shop. A young woman and her mother sit in the event consultation room. The girl excuses herself to use the restroom. Instead, she secretly tiptoes towards the counter and purchases flowers. She turns and bounces back towards the room – smile on face and flowers in hand. It is…
How to Let Children Teach Us About Love
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Colleen Sheehy Orme
There’s an expression, “We are supposed to be getting better with age.” I’m not necessarily certain this is true in the area of love. I think it’s possible we love worse, not better. Less and not more. Poorly rather than richly. But children, they possess an ability to nurture and foster this emotion and a…
5 Creative Ways to Say ‘I Love You’
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Colleen Sheehy Orme
There is no better emotion than feeling loved. Love is the life charge that feeds our confidence, security, and happiness. Finding as many ways as possible to express it can only enrich our heart and our lives. Of course, we do spend time reminding those special people in our lives about love. We may whisper…
Why You Should Inspire Your Children’s Dreams
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Colleen Sheehy Orme
I once had a big dream. To be a writer. My mother, on the other hand, believed writing was akin to acting. Business would be a far more sensible major. So off to college, I would go to learn the practical field of business. I remember sitting at my desk those first few days in…
7 Truths of the Children of Divorce
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Colleen Sheehy Orme
The other day, someone asked me… Why children will smile next to a parent who has repeatedly hurt them and behaved badly? They were voicing their obvious confusion. I understood their logical take on the otherwise illogical topic of a love turned messy. As a child of divorce, I know certain truths. If you had…
Why You Should Write New Year’s Resolutions with Your Children
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Colleen Sheehy Orme
My kids always roll their eyes when I tell them we are going to write down our goals. I know, most people believe goals are for adults. Only, I always loved to see my children write down their hopes and their dreams. A little peek inside exactly who they are and are meant to be.…
Why Motherhood is a Beautiful Day
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
I walk with my neighbors. Our morning ritual visiting while our dogs visit. I tell my neighbor how much motherhood suits her daughter. How the light in her smile reflects the ease with which mothering comes to her. I tell them about the joy I felt after my first son was born just two years…
4 Things My Catholic Mother Taught Me About Divorce
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
My Catholic mother wanted to teach me about love. She wanted desperately to keep her marriage together. To show me an example of beautifully, in-love parents. When it became unabashedly clear that she could not… My mother taught me a different lesson about love. In some ways, an even more remarkable love. My Mother taught…
6 Good Reasons to Leave a Marriage
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Colleen Sheehy Orme
The truth? A lot of people stay in unhappy marriages. They convince themselves that the grass isn’t greener. That they’re too old to start over. That everyone has faults and baggage just different ones so a new person will be more of the same or even worse! It’s hard for people to be honest with…
10 Remarkable Benefits of Being Raised by a Single Mother
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Colleen Sheehy Orme
A single mother can bear the societal burden of being viewed as somehow not as adequate as a two-parent household. However, children of single mothers know better. They know the truth. It is not only a privilege to be raised by a single mom, but there are also many gifts that accompany it. The children…
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