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“It’s Only a Matter of Time Before Chick-fil-A Serves Me a Restraining Order”: Mom Hilariously Relives Son’s ‘Diarrhea Debacle’ at Chick-fil-A

"Tears-pouring-down-my-face, couldn't-talk-couldn't-breathe kind of laughing. Screaming laughing. So hard that I was sobbing because I couldn't get it together."

Boy Crawls into Stranger’s Arms at Football Game— His Aunt Hunts Her Down With Powerful Facebook Post

"I don’t know who this lady is... she waved at him and he made his way up to her. I thought their interaction would be the same as last time but I was wrong. "

“Can You Stay With My Daughter & Cart While I Get My Car?”: Mom Leaves Kid With Stranger at ALDI, Says ‘I Was Desperate....

"I had managed to keep my composure in the grocery store, and even when I was putting away my cart back to get my quarter back. But as I drove home, the tears came. I began the ugly cry."

Jill McCormick

Jill McCormick is the writer behind jillemccormick.com, a blog where she shares common-sense grace with the try-hard girl. Jill’s married to her high school sweetheart Ryan. They live in South Texas with their two daughters, born 18 months apart. Most days you’ll find her with a book in her hand or a podcast in her ears. She starts and ends every day with sprinkles: on oatmeal for breakfast and on ice cream for dessert.

The One Flaw That I Don’t Want You to Know About

It’s so much easier to ignore our calling and chase what everyone else is doing. It’s easier to push away our gifts when they don’t seem to be on trend. It’s easier to not be passionate about certain causes because no one else is. We don’t want to be the outlier.

The High Cost of Being Low Maintenance

This low maintenance perspective isn’t right, and it isn’t sustainable—there is a high cost to being low maintenance.