rantings – Naptime Chai http://thebenroecks.com Motherhood and adventure in the PNW! Sun, 07 Mar 2021 04:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.10 Evidently air travel has changed in the past few years /post/2018/05/01/air-travel/ /post/2018/05/01/air-travel/#comments Tue, 01 May 2018 11:39:08 +0000 /?p=7907 I’ve had a fantastic few weeks. This past weekend I was in Denver for a bachelorette party. The weekend prior to that I was in San Francisco for a childhood friend’s wedding. Let me tell you, I didn’t realize how … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2018/05/01/air-travel/feed/ 7 Monday Thoughts (v2) /post/2017/09/25/monday-thoughts-2/ /post/2017/09/25/monday-thoughts-2/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2017 22:28:23 +0000 /?p=7630 I’m going to get my bloggers license revoked if I don’t get on this whole posting thing… my apologies. I don’t know how 10 days have already passed right on by! I realize that posting seems to be an essential … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2017/09/25/monday-thoughts-2/feed/ 16 Moving forward /post/2016/11/12/election/ /post/2016/11/12/election/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2016 22:50:07 +0000 /?p=7036 I don’t know about you, but I’ve spent way more time on Facebook than I should have over the last several days. Or rather, since the election. It’s been so distracting, and not in a good way. I mean, an HGTV binge … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/11/12/election/feed/ 6 Another perspective. /post/2016/10/25/another-perspective/ Tue, 25 Oct 2016 11:25:27 +0000 /?p=6988 My good wonderful, brave friend wrote the following post on Facebook and told me I could share it. So I’m leaving this here. I am one of the very few and very unlucky mothers who, for both medical and ethical reasons, likely … Continue reading →

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]]> Three Issues I’m Thinking About /post/2016/06/06/current-events-3/ /post/2016/06/06/current-events-3/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2016 12:59:10 +0000 /?p=6644 I’ve been writing exclusively a lot about parenting lately, but I do think about other things, believe it or not! Although I will admit, I try to keep my brain relatively light now that it’s summer. I’ve been reading chick-lit … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/06/06/current-events-3/feed/ 25 (The lack of) gun control and feeling vulnerable /post/2015/12/07/gun-control/ /post/2015/12/07/gun-control/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2015 20:50:48 +0000 /?p=6087 Sometimes most of the time I avoid talking about political things on this blog because I like blogging to be lighthearted and semi-neutral and relaxing to write and to read. However, my mama heart is aching because of gun violence … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/12/07/gun-control/feed/ 19 Choosing to stay in a marriage is not a sign of weakness /post/2015/08/26/marriage/ /post/2015/08/26/marriage/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2015 03:58:52 +0000 /?p=5906 I apologize for my blogging being a little bit sporadic lately… honestly I feel like there are certain times in life when I just get a bit bleh about all of the news I’m constantly being bombarded with. Is there any … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/08/26/marriage/feed/ 8 My two cents on the decision to legalize same-sex marriage /post/2015/06/29/same-sex-marriage/ /post/2015/06/29/same-sex-marriage/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2015 03:36:53 +0000 /?p=5783 Of course you’ve heard that the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage. Finally. I love everything about this. I am on board with any decision or ruling that promotes equality in general, whether it be … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/06/29/same-sex-marriage/feed/ 9 SAHMs should be able to complain, too. /post/2015/02/24/sahms-should-be-able-to-complain-too/ /post/2015/02/24/sahms-should-be-able-to-complain-too/#respond Tue, 24 Feb 2015 10:59:00 +0000 http://32b01764-ee79-46c1-a52e-00a1130bc5d6 I think it’s okay if people complain, kind of.  Maybe not if people are going to constantly rant on social media about how the world has wronged them in one way or the other, but I think it’s perfectly acceptable … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/02/24/sahms-should-be-able-to-complain-too/feed/ 0 Is ‘young’ the best time to get married/have kids? I wonder. /post/2014/12/17/getting-married-young/ /post/2014/12/17/getting-married-young/#respond Wed, 17 Dec 2014 06:18:00 +0000 http://079ad4bf-5260-4625-bf88-268ef76137ec As soon as I saw the title to this article, “Hey Young People: Now’s the Time to Get Married and Have Kids” I assumed it was click-bait and didn’t want to read it. But then I did read it because … Continue reading →

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