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Exciting Changes Ahead!

On December 7, 2017 By Lauren FortenberryIn Writing5 Comments

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THE TIME HAS COME, FRIENDS!

This December, Unlearning Blog will undergo exciting changes to reflect my growth as a blogger and new directions for my writing.

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Throw Away Your White Dreams of Parenthood

On November 28, 2017November 28, 2017 By Lauren FortenberryIn Parenthood1 Comment

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Throw them away. All of your white dreams for perfect parenting.

It will save you in the end.

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My Thanksgiving Prayer

On November 22, 2017November 22, 2017 By Lauren FortenberryIn Holidays5 Comments

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Mississippi isn’t known for its smooth roads, but potholes matter far less when you’re running. You can easily maneuver the adversity on foot.

Wouldn’t it be amazing if all of life’s struggles could be resolved so effortlessly?

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Parenthood is feast or famine.

On November 20, 2017 By Lauren FortenberryIn Parenthood6 Comments

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To the outsider, it looks like a job: Be a parent. But, from the inside, the highs and lows are epic.

Parenthood, at its core, is feast or famine. I have come to deeply appreciate – and suffer through – this truth in recent days.

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Can you pursue motherhood and dreams?

On November 16, 2017 By Lauren FortenberryIn Career6 Comments

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I don’t have it figured out. I’m not even close. But this morning I woke up and accepted the challenge: try to be a mother and something else.

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Garage Confessional

On November 8, 2017 By Lauren FortenberryIn Writing6 Comments

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Apple. Amazon. My first book. What do they have in common?

They were all started in a garage.

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What If We Were Honest?

On November 3, 2017 By Lauren FortenberryIn Parenthood12 Comments

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“How are you?”

It’s a question I’m asked constantly as a parent. Most often I respond with “Good” or a similar sentiment. But, let’s be honest, there are at least three crises going on in each of my children’s lives.

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What Halloween 2017 Taught Me

On November 2, 2017November 3, 2017 By Lauren FortenberryIn HolidaysLeave a comment

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1. It’s the kids, not the costumes that make the night special. We lost Minnie’s ears two weeks ago. (A bow worked even better.)

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The Mud of Childhood

On October 20, 2017 By Lauren FortenberryIn Culture1 Comment

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I warn my students every semester, “One day you will question every part of your childhood.”

They, of course, don’t believe me. But it happens to us all.

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My Motherhood, My New Self

On October 13, 2017 By Lauren FortenberryIn Health2 Comments

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When I was growing up, I was ridiculed for being too thin – too imperfect by the world’s standards. But, in college, I came into my own (even if my tank top choices were questionable). And, for the first time, I loved the skin I was in.

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