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madison Cates

Mom, Wife, Minimalist.

Join me in my journey to declutter my life and live a simply beautiful life.

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My 27-Year-Old Nurse Daughter Calls Me Names When I Ask Her to Help With Bills — and My Family Says I’m a Bad Mother for Asking
My Two-Year-Old Was Holding the Remote Hostage Until I Switched to PBS Kids — Now He Watches Twenty Minutes and Wanders Off to Play
My Coworkers Told Me to Spank My One-Year-Old for Wanting to Go to the Park — Then Said He’d Walk All Over Me for the Rest of His Life
She Got Sent Home From School Because She Couldn’t Calm Down Enough to Stay in Class — and I Don’t Know How to Help Her Without Battling Her
Cheerful mother caressing child while girl sleeping on bed in cozy room at home
I Used to Buy Them a Little Treat Every Time We Went Out — Now I’m Starting Over From Scratch After the Divorce and I Don’t Know How to Explain It to Two Little Girls
Woman Says She Overheard Her Husband Talking About Her to a Friend, and It Completely Changed Her Mood
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