Kristen King (aka, Mommy-in-Training) lives at 10,200 feet in Leadville, Colorado, where she is a speaker, coach, and consultant. She and her husband, Jesse (aka, Daddy-in-Training) have fraternal twins born in December 2011, two dogs, and two cats. They are both endurance athletes. Learn more and meet the rest of the AmateurParenting.com team on our About page. Learn more about Kristen at KristenKing.com.
Last night I watched Gone With the Wind for what I later realized was the first time in at least six and a half years. I discerned this fact while trying to analyze why I bawled through virtually the whole thing. For a movie I’ve seen at least a dozen times, that struck me as a strange reaction…until I realized… Read more »
Dear Rude Boy: If you hadn’t crashed into my sister-in-law and me multiple times in the wave pool this weekend, I wouldn’t have said anything. I know what it’s like to splash around and have fun with your friends, and sometimes you get distracted and bump into someone. I get that. But when you do it repeatedly despite the fact… Read more »
I’ve been on a self-improvement kick of late and have been taking a hard look at myself and my life. Something that keeps coming back to me are excellent pieces of advice I’ve received over the years. “Just because someone has a lesson to learn doesn’t mean you have to teach it to him.” “Do what needs to be done… Read more »
Love is not a feeling you have, but the conscious choices you make actions you take every day regardless of how you feel. Our fifth anniversary is just around the corner, and I just realized I have not been loving my husband. Now what?
(http://kristenking.com) —The dog owners among you have probably extrapolated that the garage smells like pee because the dogs are morons. It’s been raining for days, and rather than go outside in the yard like good dogs, like the well-mannered dogs they’re supposed to be, one or both of the big dogs has taken to peeing on boxes in the garage,… Read more »
