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Feel Good Friday: Yep, My Son Ate Cat Food
Well, it happened. I even saw the stray piece of Meox Mix on the floor, but purposefully didn’t pick it up because…
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My Summer Cookout Go-To Recipe: Guacamole Salad
Summer cookouts are upon us, and that means we all need a quick, easy, go-to dish to contribute to the food table…
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How To Keep Your Self-Esteem Intact While Bathing Suit Shopping
If there’s one activity that threatens to crumble a woman’s hard-fought self confidence and positive body image, it’s bathing suit shopping…
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Feel Good Friday: Phenomenal Woman
This week marked the passing of one of the world’s most powerful literary voices: Maya Angelou. The first time I read her autobiography…
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A Poem for Hannah
My husband’s sister Hannah passed away in March from the terrible disease of drug addiction. She was a beautiful, smart, caring young woman; she was also…
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Party
My son Luke will be turning two in August, just a few months from now. Which means that between savoring his last moments of baby-ness and…
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Feel Good Friday: Put Down the Map
Sometimes I wonder: If life came with a map, would I take it? Sure, I’d be aware of all the twists and turns up ahead, of every detour and dead end I would face…
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Going Meta: Writing About My Writing Process
I’ve always enjoyed watching visual artists produce their craft. There’s something fascinating about watching a painter paint or a sculptor sculpt. Not so much with writing…
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The 6 Christmas Gifts My Toddler is Still Obsessed With
The average toddler attention span is, what, five minutes? Ten if you’re lucky? That was one of the reasons we instated the…
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Paralysis by Analysis [When the Pros and Cons List Goes Awry]
A night out on the town or a quiet evening at home? Two kids or three? Mint Chocolate Chip or Rocky Road? Every day we each make thousands upon thousands of decisions…
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I Got The Perfect Mother’s Day Gift
My husband Dave is my blog’s most dedicated reader, so of course he was a little worried when he read my post about the six things I really DIDN’T want to get for Mother’s Day…
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3 Ways Becoming a Mom Has Drawn Me Closer to God
Ask any mom to name the most significant event of her life, and chances are she will say the birth of her child…