Sweaty palms. Heart racing. Getting into a car with a complete stranger holding a clipboard, watching every turn, every stop, every mirror check… and literally checking boxes as you go. 😭🚗 The DRIVER’S TEST. And just like that… SHE PASSED. 🥹🤍 Hailey practiced all summer for this moment—from M

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Four kids. One mom. #Downypartner And my six-year-old wants to wear the same shirt he’s had on all summer That’s where @downy Rinse comes in — one wash and those stuck-in odors don’t stand a chance. Doesn’t matter how chaotic the morning is, we walking out that door smelling like we got it all

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HEY DRE 🪖 I thought his first last day senior year was gonna be hard, but his absence was definitely felt on this first back to school without him 🥹❤️🪖 @DR3🪖 #army #backtoshool #heart #letter #family

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Back-to-school season always means getting back into routines, and I’m so grateful to have @Wonder Bread helping make our mornings a little easier. #WonderPartner On the days I know the cafeteria isn’t serving something my kids will actually enjoy, I pack their lunches with Wonder® Classic B

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To this day, I still get a PIT in my stomach about this situation that happened because my kindergarten touched a tree in no one’s yard at the public school bus stop in the front of the neighborhood going to school. Even though everyone told me not to take my story to social media, it was the b

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#Duolingopartner Summer break is officially coming to an end, and while we made the most of every minute of it… we definitely experienced the summer backslide. 😂 With the first day of school right around the corner, I wanted to get my kids back into learning mode without it feeling like homework

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Happy sweet 16 bay my@Girl @𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒚

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Never been more excited for someone’s birthday to come, because I was absolutely running out of places to hide the gifts. Happy 16th birthday Hailey. I love you so much, my girl. @𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒚

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She didn’t ask for a single thing. That’s exactly why she’s getting everything. Happy 16th to my girl 🤍 @𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒚 #sephora #shopping #sweet16 #happybirthday #daughter

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I packed five letters today for a child last month I’ve never gone 72 hours without - one letter from each of us. Dre (My baby), your siblings miss you. I miss you. I included the running shoes you asked for, all our prayers, & all our love - it’s on the way to you. This is my first military

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Mental health is health care — and that includes our kids. I never even saw my mom get hit, and I still carried things into adulthood I didn’t understand till years later. My kids are growing up different from me — but we all carry things differently, and that’s just real. Taking care of your me

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I will always love basketball because of Terrell 🏀⛹🏽‍♂️ #basketball #dribble #mom #support #summer

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Talent show night 🎤🪩❤️ #school #talent #show #sibling #duet

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Letter from home

To Andre love Owen ✍🏾

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Year 1: didn’t make it. Year 2: matching outfits, a whole dance routine, and standing ovation energy 🕺💃 These two argue about EVERYTHING. Who’s turn it is, who touched who’s stuff, who said what — non-negotiable, they gonna bicker, period. But the second it’s time to perform? Aaryn and Owen lock

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No one hands our kids a manual for adulthood. This day wasn’t just a trip to the bank—it was a lesson in independence. Andre is preparing for life in the U.S. Army, and Hailey just started her first job. Years ago, I opened their Navy Federal youth accounts. Today, they asked the questions th

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Ariel | single mom of 5