Paperback Writer - Sharing My Writing On Other Sites

It's that time again where I get to share some of the work that I've completed over the past month.  I am lucky enough that I get to research some fun topics and learn something new almost every day.

I continue to be inspired by the fantastic team I get to work with, and the fantastic people I meet in my work as Managing Editor and Writer for Future Female Magazine.  The summer issue launched just two weeks ago with a theme on Body Image and Self Love and it truly is a work of love and inspiration.  I encourage everyone to give it a read and enjoy!

Today for my full-time job I write and ghostwrite articles for online publications, organizations and blogs, in addition to providing public relations services.  While I can't really share my ghostwritten articles on this platform, cause then I wouldn't really be a ghostwriter would I, I can share some of the other stuff I have been working on.

Click on the links for the topics that interest you most, and if you enjoy what I wrote please share, like, and follow, and keep parenting and reading on!  If you have any ideas for a story, a playground review, or article on any front, feel free to shout it out!  I'm always looking for new sources of inspiration!

A snippet of the Future Female Magazine Cover

Future Female Magazine  

You can find my articles  (and a number of other amazing ones) on page 10, 32, 40, 44, 55, 60, and 64.

Marriage & Wedding Planning

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25 of the Strangest Places in the World to Tie the Knot

Entertainment & Travel

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25 Places to Eat & Drink Like They Do in Our Favourite TV Shows & Movies

Pregnancy

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Pregnant Millennials: 14 Things They Do Differently And 6 Doctors Don’t Recommend

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Things My Kids Say As Posted On Twitter

We spend a lot of time with the minions and I'm fortunate enough to record the things that they say and do so I can look back on it and laugh.  Some of it makes the blog and other smaller moments don't.  One of the brilliant things about Twitter is how it's the ultimate parenting "elevator speech", because you have to keep it short. Below are recent Tweets, conversations, parental musings and things that the minions have done or said over the past month, for your reading pleasure that haven't made it to the blog.



1. Me: Why are you only wearing underwear? J: The #chupacabra stole my clothes #parenting #SMH #ThingsKidsSay

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2. J: I think King Kong grabbed that woman and climbed up the building because he was angry that people weren’t showing him respect. So he thought “this will teach them” #parenting

3. There is a fly in my house thanks to my children and their disdain for shutting the screen door. As I try to work today this has gone from mild annoyance to Walter White levels of rage (Breaking Bad the #freelance writer edition)


4. J: Why don't we ride on rainbows? Me: I don't know how to. J: (slaps down fist on table) Why doesn't this make you as angry as it makes me? #parenting #SMH #ThingsKidsSay

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5. Me: What would you like for lunch? J: A bowl of #Nutella and a spoon Me: I respect that, but it's not happening J: How about you get out some crackers and I'll pretend to eat them too?. (The apple doesn't fall far from the tree) #parenting


6. J: Do you like the Food Fighters? Me: They're okay & they're called the #FooFighters J: Well that's disappointing. Can we have a food fight some time? #smh #ThingsKidsSay #parenting

7. I don't know what's more horrifying - my 6 yr old whistling & pointing for me to sit down while he ate the #gelato I bought him like he owned me OR the 18 yr old cashier who offered a sympathetic, "terrible 2s?" and genuinely meant it #parenting #smh

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8. The ultimate #summerbreak parental conundrum: when your kids are getting along great but speaking primarily in potty talk. Do you break it up or let it slide? #parenting

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9. My son refuses to use his brand new #Frozen toothpaste because "it's too spicy" (battles I never saw coming) #parenting #FacePalm

10. Looking back at Js school work for the year and pleased his teacher didn’t give him a hard time for his word choice on his spelling list #parenting #kids

To read more blogs featuring the wacky things my kids say as featured on twitter, follow me @Sarabethbug & click here, click here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, & here.

I Don't Want to Grow Up - Reflections on Turning 7

Each year I've written a little bit about Molly and Jack on their birthdays. I started this tradition on their third birthday, when they were old enough to answer some questions themselves, so I started asking.  Along with their annual "night before birthday" photo, I've added this annual list of questions to the many traditions we want to enjoy with the minions.  Here is what they had to say this year.  I can't believe they turn seven tomorrow!  Where does the time go?

Cooling off in Halifax last summer

Molly Age 7

What is your favourite colour?
Rainbow.  Can I say that? Is that a colour?

What is your favourite toy?
My stuffed animals that are really alive.  So Slothie, Knuffle Bunny, and Donkey.

What is your favourite food?
Shepard's pie.

What is your favourite song?
Hello by Adele

What is your favourite movie?
Rapunzel

What is your favourite animal?
Shark

What is your favourite book?
Alligator Pie, because it was the first one I learned to read.

What is your favourite drink?
Lemon Fizz, that Grandma Joy makes me, also milk.

What do you sleep with at night?
Blankie

What do you want to be when you grow up?
A swimming teacher

The Sword & the Stone at High Park

Jack Age 7

What is your favourite colour?
Green

What is your favourite toy?
My Super Mario action figures

What is your favourite food?
Sushi

What is your favourite song?
The Chicken Dance

What is your favourite movie?
Captain Underpants

What is your favourite animal?
Salamander

What is your favourite book?
Anything by Dav Pilkey

What is your favourite drink?
Root Beer

What do you sleep with at night?
My Deadpool nightshirt

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Astronaut, but only if dad trains to become one too.

Hanging out at James Gardens

To read their answers from age three to see how much has changed click here

Broken

Nearly 13 years ago Chris and I were newlyweds.  Our home was filled with fluffy bath towels, shiny new toasters, and two bright eyed twenty-somethings who were just starting out.  In just over a month I turn 40.  Our wedding seems like yesterday and a million years ago at the exact same time.

Here's the thing about time.  It wears things out.  Just over a month ago our dishwasher broke, last week my laptop decided to permanently shut down, something that is more than an inconvenience for a freelance writer and PR professional - I'm going to be spending a lot of time at Best Buy and Staples and take advantage of a bunch of back to school sales, hopefully.  My iPhone has hit that critical age of two and a half where it acts like a drunk person, one month following a break-up of a long-term relationship  - erratic, sketchy, shutting down randomly, but works sort of, almost okay, 60 percent of the time.

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A few days ago while I was cooking the lid handle came off of my favourite soup pot.  I'm currently using an 'I Love NY' plate as a make-shift lid on my crock pot.

It's amazing how your interests and priorities change over the years - or that we have more patience for the fact that towels can be frayed at the edges, and just wait for a sale, while spending our money on other things like tutors for the kids or a family vacation.

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Today our home is filled with markers with their caps off (why is this so hard for them to master?), macaroni art on the wall, and couches with springs sticking out the back from kids jumping - it's pure chaos.  As frustrating as necessities breaking down, like my laptop are, I need to remember that although our wallets are light, our hearts are full.

The kids are nearly seven, and some days I can barely remember life before them.  I just need to suck it up, and make it all work.  One day, a broken pot or laptop won't seem nearly as big of a deal, but I won't be comforted by a bed full of Lego men, or a barrage of cards from my daughter professing her love for her mama.

I'm thankful for all of it - broken lids and all!

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