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Author: Lori Beth Auldridge

5 Reasons I Switched to Natural Beauty Products

4 / 30 / 194 / 14 / 20

This article contains affiliate links. I appreciate Primally Pure’s products so much that I asked to be an affiliate for them to help spread their message of better health through good for you skin care products. Over the last decade, I’ve slowly but surely been switching my beauty and skin care products to more natural… Read More

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Our Invitations Are Numbered: The Shortest Longest Season of Motherhood

2 / 9 / 194 / 14 / 20
Our Invitations Are Numbered

I wrote this post a year ago when I had three kids under five. I was very tired then—still am. I never published it because I didn’t want to make anyone feel “guilty” about having a hard time with mothering in the early years. Many mamas write about embracing motherhood only to have others come… Read More

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The Never Ending Homeschool Question: What About Socialization?

2 / 2 / 194 / 14 / 20
Homeschool and Socialization

It’s Groundhog Day which makes me think of the Bill Murray movie where he lives the same day over and over until he “gets it.” Sometimes when I mention to others that I homeschool my children, it feels like that kind of Groundhog Day. It often plays out like this: Person: (When they see us… Read More

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Listen to Mothers: The Need for Change in Hospital Births

11 / 30 / 184 / 14 / 20
Listen to Mothers

They didn’t listen. Sometimes I watch my birth videos with my children (or I guess I should say, my ‘just after birth’ videos since births can’t be filmed at our hospital). And every time I’m sad. Deeply, deeply sad. Because a few years removed from my births, I see the bigger picture…I watch and hear… Read More

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Party Food & Favors

11 / 24 / 1811 / 19 / 18

Dear yayas,  The holidays are coming which means party after party. Not to mention all the kid birthdays mixed in there. What do I serve? I’m over the pizza thing. And I am tired of plastic trinkets that we take home that just turn into junk lying around. (Is that too harsh?) I appreciate get togethers,… Read More

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Gifts for Moms

11 / 17 / 1811 / 19 / 18

Dear yayas, I’m a dad in need of a mom’s perspective…getting gifts for my wife is hard. She doesn’t like surprises. How do I know what is the best gift for a wife/mom? I struggle with this every year. I usually wait until the last minute and I’m trying not to do that this year.… Read More

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Too Many Toys

11 / 10 / 1811 / 19 / 18

Dear yayas, 
Christmas has gotten out of control in our house. My parents and ILs buy us WAY too much stuff for our kid. We haven’t even opened or used a few things they gave him from his birthday. But really, we just don’t want the stuff. What would you do or tell people NOW… Read More

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Working From Home

11 / 3 / 1811 / 19 / 18

Dear yayas, I’m technically a stay at home mom, but I also work full time as a bookkeeper so I have to actually work during the day and meet with clients, even though I meet with them at my home. The issue I’m having is that I feel kind of bad about my kid. I’m… Read More

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Easier or Harder?

10 / 27 / 1810 / 13 / 18

Dear yayas,  Do you find friendships easier or harder once you have children? I’m getting ready to have my first baby and a friend of mine casually mentioned that friendships are easier now that she is a mom, but that pretty much means you can’t be friends with people without kids once you have them.… Read More

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Not So Fun-draisers

10 / 20 / 1810 / 13 / 18

Dear yayas, The school year has started again and the fundraisers are in full swing. How can schools even make these “mandatory?” I’m tired of asking family and coworkers for more money for useless things. And now my one daughter’s preschool is making us sell over $200 in raffle tickets no matter what. If we… Read More

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Lori Beth Auldridge is a mama bear to three little girls. She and her husband Chris run a renovation business in upcountry Maui. Lori Beth dreams up the designs and Chris makes all those dreams come to life. Her days are filled with her favorite things... coffee, writing, homeschooling, babywearing, audiobooks, binge reading parenting articles, miniature goats, fancy chickens, exploring Maui, moms groups, and more coffee. Yayamamas is her way of spreading aloha and using her B.A., M.A., & M.F.A. degrees to put more good into the world.

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