Don’t Cry Because It’s Over, Smile Because It Happened. A Bittersweet Goodbye.
Three plus years as Executive Editor. Two Best Blogger Awards at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards (a third nomination, to be announced in November!) One hundred and ninety blogs! And one very bittersweet goodbye.
Today, I’m saying goodbye to SavvyMom and my wonderful colleagues. Sometimes you just know it’s…time. Time to start something new. Time to trust that what’s next will be so incredibly awesome. Time to take a risk. So that’s exactly what I’m doing. I hope, one day, my children will imitate what they see.
Looking back, at all 190(!) of my blogs, I’ve compiled what I consider my “Best Of” list. Thank you, savvy readers, from the bottom of my heart, for reading, for your loyalty, for cheering me and the SavvyMom team on, for your comments, for challenging my views and offering yours, and most of all, hopefully chuckling, because we all know to parent, we need a sense of humour! (What’s the hardest thing about parenting? The answer of course is...KIDS!)
It only seems fitting, since this is a parenting site, to quote Dr. Seuss; “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” And, I’m doing both. I hope you enjoy reading some of these, as much as I enjoyed writing them. Keep being Savvy. xoxo Rebecca
Welcome To My Relationships!
I Suck at Relationships. Will My Multiple Divorces Affect My Children?
11 Candid Truths of Dating a Single Mother
Not Everyone Can Positively Co-Parent and That’s Okay
Kate Hudson Pregnant! What it’s Like to Have Kids From Different Dads
18 Truths About Shared Custody
How I Became a Better Parent (Try these at home!)
How (and Why!) I Turned Myself Into a Morning Person
The One Word We Need To Teach Our Kids To Help Them Be Social
I Finally Learned to Ask for Help and This Is What Happened
Dear God, It’s Me Rebecca. How Praying Made Me a Better Parent
How Saying “I Get To” Instead of “I Have To” Made Me A Better Parent
Not My Proudest Parenting Moments! (But Not My Worst Either!)
So I Let Me Son Pee Out Doors. Chillax!
How I Ruined My Family’s Holiday Party
Dear Mom of My Son’s Bully: Yes, I Told My Son to Fight Back
I Lost a Kid On a School Field Trip: The Pressure of Volunteering is Intense
Candid Truths About Parenting
My Son Prefers His Father and It Breaks My Heart
I Believe In Teaching Kids About Charity, Just Not On Their Birthdays
My Kids See Me Naked…Got a Problem With That?
Birthday Locker Decorating is a Heartbreak Waiting to Happen
Is He a Good Father? Um, No. It’s Called Parenting
They Went Viral! The Blogs That Keep On Giving!
I’m So Over Being The Bigger Person. Now I’m Teaching My Kids This
I Only Want to Spend Mother’s Day With One of My Kids. Is That So Wrong?
My Nanny, Her Husband and Their Son All Live With Me. Here’s Why
Why We Say “I Love You to the Moon and Back”
How Often Should You Really Be Bathing Your Kids
xoxo
Rebecca