What Makes My Mom Beautiful. #Giveaway

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When you think about the important things your mom taught you growing up, what are some of the first things that come to mind?  For me, I don’t have a lot of memories from when I was a small child, but I do remember the things that matter most. I can think back to my [...]

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Bullying: Make a Change One Child at a Time

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  Thanks to The Bully Project for sponsoring my writing. Visit their website to join the movement and learn more. Definition of Bully:   A person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller or weaker people.  (thefreedictionary.com) verb: Use superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or her to do [...]

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True Beauty Comes from Within…Pass it on

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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall!  Who’s the fairest of them all? From a very young age, children are taught the importance of outer beauty.  If you look up the definition of “fairest”, you will find many different meanings, one of them being “beautiful, attractive”.  Of course, this is what the witch was wanting to know [...]

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A Gift of a Lifetime..

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SWAGG is a free mobile app that lets you shop smarter using your mobile phone. Buy, send or swap SWAGG GIFTS and organize your old school plastic gift cards. For every download of the app between now and Dec. 31, 2010, SWAGG will donate $1 to Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) , up to $125,000. [...]

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A Massage without a Happy Ending!

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Awww….time for some relaxation. Today I went to have a massage that my husband purchased me for Mother’s Day. That’s a really great gift, right? I had been holding onto it for a day like today when I really needed de-stressing. So my male therapist is about 15 minutes into the massage when out of [...]

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Everybody Needs a MOMcation!

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When I boarded the plane in Colorado to head to Cabo, I actually almost got back off the plane. I think I was feeling a lot of things at the time. Some of the emotions were fear, guilt, anxiety about being so far away from my family and insecurity about meeting new people. I had [...]

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An Overdue Letter of Apology….

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Dear Big Toe, I never knew just how much you do for me. You could definitely argue that I have taken you for granted over the last 38 years. For this, I apologize. I now know everything that you do to “balance” my life. I was always there to curse you when I would stump [...]

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A Fireman, a Phone Call and a Fall = Divorce??

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Why did a Fireman, a phone call and a fall have my husband thinking I was having an affair? Well, it goes a little something like this….. Yesterday morning I was going for my morning coke like I do almost every morning. As I headed down my front outside steps carrying my daughter, I fell. [...]

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Calgon Take Me Away……

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I just finished taking a bath. I don’t mean just any bath. I mean a big girl bath, one without any kiddos. For those of you with kids, you know what I am talking about. First, I go in and turn on the IPod to Choo Choo Soul. No wait, I said NO kids. I [...]

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No More Pacifier Tip… (Literally)

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I just thought I would share a tip that worked really well with my little guy when it came time to get rid of his pacifier. First you need to know how much he loved his paci, popo, Binky or whatever your little one may call it. I preferred to call it the mute button [...]

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