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June 3, 2019

Pirate girls change the world.

Was talking with a friend yesterday about how you shouldn’t type your kids but I’m super sure Kembe is a 7 and she said “oh, you mean the way he walks through the school and every single kid knows him?” Yep. It’s true. He has the brightest and kindest spirit, has never met a stranger, and walks through the school high-fiving the younger kids. “He’s always so happy” is the most common comment I get about him. (Okay, maybe about his height, too.) He’s the kid who is always smiling and his heart for others warms my own.

 

Checkered vans, flannel, cross-body purse and a big velvet scrunchie.

She’s basically wearing my daily uniform from the late 80s.

Super proud of my non-sporty spice for pushing out of her comfort zone and playing another season of soccer with Pilot Cup. It’s her last year. I’ll miss this tradition and this team of friends. # ?: @cleezy

 

 

 

Related to above: I got notice that I was due for a mammogram Monday. I made an online appointment that very night and today I went in and got my boobs squashed like a mothereffing grownup. Now let’s not speak of my ENT CATscan follow-up that is now a year overdue because their office does not have online scheduling . . .

 

 

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The boys made apps this year with @100blackmen and I was dying at Kembe’s creation because you have no idea how many times my kids and I have canvassed a parking lot looking for my lost car. Everyone else made games. He’s like “dude I gotta sort my mom out.” ?

A post shared by Kristen Howerton (@kristenhowerton) on May 19, 2019 at 4:44pm PDT

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Hi, I’m Kristen. I’m a mom of four kids via birth and adoption and a writer living in Southern California. Read More.

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