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Top 5 Things To Miss (or NOT Miss) About Summer
I don’t know about you, but we’ve definitely got that end-of-summer feeling in our home. Everyone seems pretty resigned to it, moving unenthusiastically about the house as if there’s nothing to do for...
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Before They Fly
I know that I am not the only one going through this. It happened about a year ago. My oldest child was just finishing her sophomore year in high school. Summer was about to start. I was looking ahead...
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To Expectant Mothers: A Warning
I was warned that my life would never be the same after my daughter Emrie was born. I was told to sleep as much as I could because once she was here, sleep would be a thing of the past. Others, more...
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Introduction to The Power of Fun
As a teenager, I was certain I would grow up to be the “fun” mom. Boy, have times changed! The realities of motherhood and the weight of responsibility can sure put a damper on things. Hanging out and...
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The Best Year of My Life?
My son Noah turned one yesterday. It’s so hard to believe. A friend of mine had a baby a few days before Noah was born, and she recently wrote on Facebook that this has been “the best year of [her]...
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How I Justify Mommy Fun
Most of us are probably familiar with the catchy 80′s song “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.” Well, I’m here to tell you that moms just wanna have fun too…no, they need to have fun! If you’re anything like...
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Silly Fun For Everyone
I have never been good at being silly. Oh, I’ve looked silly before, but usually it was completely unintentional and embarrassing. Skits at summer camp made me shudder with fear. I grew up singing...
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What Are You Doing This Friday?
Last spring, I attended a women’s conference and heard a thought that has really stuck with me. A speaker shared that when she was growing up, her mom would bake bread every time it snowed. She said...
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Baking It ‘Til We Make It
It never fails: somewhere between the sugar and the butter, I begin to question my choice. It’s been yet another crazy day in our home, and I’m at my wits’ end yet again. Was roping my small children...
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Live Like a Tourist
Somewhere inside this woman who feels eternally responsible for getting dinner on the table and clean underwear in everyone’s drawers is a fun and spontaneous person. Really! But for whatever reason,...
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Building the Junior High Bridge
It has been an emotional day for this mother–comparable to those days leading up to the start of kindergarten, what seems like just moments ago. My oldest son went for junior high school orientation...
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Creating Highlights
During my first year of teaching high school English, I was determined to make learning fun. In the first two weeks of school, I planned a day of interactive experiments to introduce the idea of...
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Halloween: Fun or Frightful?
What do you think of Halloween? Do you think it’s fun or do you think it’s frightful? Does it seem a little out of control these days? I loved Halloween as a child, and I love it as a mother. As a...
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The Meaning of “Home”
Photo by Simon Howden at www.freedigitalphotos.net What does “home” mean to you? As I sit here enjoying the late-afternoon glow on the red cliffs and shimmering golden leaves outside my window with the...
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Kid’s Day
When my daughter asked, after Mother’s Day and then again after Father’s Day, why there wasn’t a “Kids’ Day,” my initial response was that every day is kids’ day. But, as the end of summer neared, my...
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Moms Are Fun Too!
Do any of you mothers out there feel like we spend all day policing our children, making rules, setting boundaries, and being enforcers, and then Dad comes home from work and gets to be the “fun one”?...
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Follow Lalo
This is Lalo. And this is Lalo. That’s pronounced LAH-lo. Doesn’t it roll off the tongue? Isn’t it fun to say. That’s Lalo. He’s fun.He...
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I’ll Be the Rotten Egg
Photo by www.freedigitalphoto.net A couple of years ago, my children started saying, “Last one up is a rotten egg!” as they headed up the stairs to get ready for bed. I’ve never liked name-calling of...
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Creating a Real Thanksgiving Season
We love the Pothier family’s “Thankful Tree.” www.71toes.com Halloween’s over, and everywhere I go, Christmas decorations are popping up. But I’m not ready for that. I want to focus on THANKSGIVING...
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Running With Joy
My daughter is one of my biggest inspirations. She is six years old and has such a positive outlook on life and an “I can do anything” mindset. There are some things she’s hesitant to try, but for the...
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