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Healthy Eating Dinner Group

I love going out to eat with my husband. I love leaving the kids behind for a couple of hours and not planning anything for dinner and having a peaceful meal and no dishes to do afterwards (at least not … Continue reading

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Life is Hard

Before my husband and I were married, we had a talk.  We had a lot of talks, but one night I remember a particular talk about those kind of women who are always comparing themselves with others in order to … Continue reading

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Simplicity

My senior year in high school we read Thoreau’s Walden and along with the rest of the class, I rolled my eyes.  This small volume published in 1854 by New England philospher and Transendentalist Henry David Thoreau recounts a couple … Continue reading

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Car Trips w/ Kids

Family road trips aren’t what they used to be.  Do your parents remind you how fun it was to lay out the blankets and put the pillows in the back of the stationwagon where you would lazily watch the countryside … Continue reading

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It’s Not About Me

I did it again this morning. With ten minutes ‘til the bus comes and while eating his Multi-Grain Cheerios with apple juice in the bowl instead of milk, my 6th grader gives me a paper saying it’s due today and … Continue reading

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Learning Fun-Is it Possible?

My daughter, Laney, is 4.  Even though she will start kindegarten next fall, I have chosen to not put her in preschool this year.  I don’t know if its because I’m not ready for her to grow up, or if … Continue reading

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Life is better with…The Dunstan Baby Language

We’ve all been there…your newborn baby is crying and you’re up for the umpteenth time in the night.  You’ve changed her, fed her, rocked her, burped her, sung to her, swaddled her, bathed her…but she’s still crying!  WHY?  Steve joked … Continue reading

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