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Mom’s Corner

Resolutions Solution

January 8, 2010

Never wanting to frighten my children, and seeing as they seem to like me just the way I am, I’m left with no other choice than to let 2010 be the year I resolve not to change. What a relief.

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Merry Christmas

December 25, 2009

“. . . for me, Christmas is ultimately about anticipation, forgiveness, generosity and hope.”

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Kid Tested, Mom Disapproved

September 30, 2009

When my daughter Kate was in the second grade her school asked if I would allow her take an IQ test. Her teacher was hoping to place her in the gifted program the following year and the IQ test was required. My first thought was, I don’t need a test to tell me that my [...]

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I’m not lazy— I’m just not busy!

June 5, 2009

I was talking with a woman recently and when she mentioned how busy she was I found myself saying, “Oh yeah, I know what you mean, I’ve been so busy too.” I just blurted it out even though there wasn’t one ounce of truth to the statement. But I felt so odd saying, “Oh, I [...]

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Digging in the Dirt

May 5, 2009

My husband and I have four children, three girls and one boy, and although he adores our daughters and spends countless hours with them, I would be lying if I said my husband wasn’t overwhelmed with joy when our son came along. Finally he would have someone to share a love of sports with. Anthony [...]

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Wooing Me with

February 4, 2009

Being married means that my views on romance have morphed into something my fifteen year old self would never recognize and that‘s good, because there are few things as silly as a young girl’s view of romance. I’m writing about this now because February 14th is coming up and unless you hide under a rock, you can’t escape thinking about love and [...]

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Mom's Corner

January 4, 2009

Best Intentions

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An Unlikely Tradition

December 7, 2008

Here we are coming up on what is probably the most anticipated season of the year and of course I’m getting nostalgic. It happens every year. I’m a sucker for the good old days. My childhood holiday memories revolve around stringing popcorn with my Nana, of going out into the woods and cutting down a [...]

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