Tag: Raising kids
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At Home
This week’s guest writer is Molly Campbell from Life with the Campbells: View from the Empty Nest. She is a breath of fresh air whenever I log into Twitter. Always tweeting kind and encouraging messages. I was fortunate to meet Molly soon after I opened my Twitter account and have enjoyed interacting with her from…
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The Mommie Dearest in Me
I consider myself a fun mom. I am the first to wear my pj’s inside out to encourage snow (what, you haven’t heard about this trick?) the next day and one of the few moms who squeals when school is canceled. I enjoy a wide range of activities with the kids: playing games, baking, sledding,…
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Living an Adventure-Filled Life
“Mom, we need 25 helium balloons, a video camera, and a homing device,” said Monkey last night at dinner. The topic of discussion was planning an adventure for the three of us. This is something we do quite often. Not shooting video in outer space (Monkey’s idea), but rather planning adventures. I firmly believe to…
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How to Make Good Things Happen
Good thoughts. It is that simple. Or so my son told me recently. As we were driving, out of nowhere, my son announced: “Good thoughts make good things happen.” It’s simple, but also true. I have written often about seeking the positive in challenging situations and that our perspective guides our own happiness. We shape…
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Lesson for Girls: Pretty and Smart are Not Mutually Exclusive
It’s 2011. Women run for offices as high as President of the United States. Women run Fortune 500 companies. Women are Supreme Court Justices. It is sad, with the various important contributions that women make in society, to recognize there is still a mentality to hold girls back from achieving all they can be academically…
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The Angel I Aspired to Be
Who did you want to be, when playing pretend with your friends? Was it the Bionic Woman or the Six Million Dollar Man? How many desperately wanted to be Wonder Woman, with the awesome bullet-deflecting cuff bracelets? Did you fight with friends over which A Team character you would play? My after-school adventures, when I…