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A busy week and medical advances
The summer has officially ended in our house with the yearly closing of the pool. There are still some very warm days in the forecast like today’s heat in excess of 90 degrees, but once school starts...
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To travel or not to travel, that is the question!
I am not typically one to read magazine articles but I just found myself chuckling at an article in the “Philadelphia” magazine. The article is about a parent struggling with the decision to sign up a...
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A Mother’s Pride
What makes me smile? Maybe it is watching my 6-year-old score 4 goals in a soccer game. Or listening to that same beautiful girl read me the book she took out of the library. This same little girl...
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Family time
The Holiday season has officially begun tonight with the first of the season broadcast of “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”. The 7-year-old demanded that we watch it as a family. As the time neared we...
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“I love you mommy”
Christmas is just 7 days away, I check the lists, hope everyone will be pleased with what “Santa” brings. I run around attempting to make everything perfect, make everyone happy. After the family...
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Merry Christmas
The girls are snuggled in their beds but far from asleep. Visions of Santa dance in their little heads. They have been tracking him online since early this morning. Excited does not even cover the...
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Something special?!.
Recently my husband had a conversation with a long time friend who told him that our relationship was something special. It struck him as a strange statement which is probably why he remembered to...
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Two years later
Today is a Happy Anniversary for me, the 2 year mark since I underwent the bilateral prophylactic mastectomy, a life changing day for me. I thank god that I had the strength to make such a decision....
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My life, my heart, my family
My family, they are my life, my heart and the most important thing in my world. There are forces around me that do not understand that and the reason is simply that they have never taken a minute to...
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Put out your hand
I can not believe that school will be starting in 2 weeks. It has been a very hectic summer for us and has seemed way too short! Megan is heading into 5th grade and my little Madison will be in 2nd....
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A mother’s crazy pride
It starts when they are born, how alert the baby in the first seconds of life or the belief that we saw them wave to us the first time you held them in your arms. That crazy mother’s pride that you...
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Do you believe?
I know people who have made the decision to tell their children that there is no Santa. Not because the child asked questions but because they were going to find out anyway. Before I give my opinion on...
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Cheers to a new year!
At the end of the year WordPress sent a recap. I glanced at it but did not really read it. I have not posted regularly in a while. Honestly it sat unread in my inbox until the other day. The recap...
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Perseverance, unicorns and just a little pixie dust
Life is messy, and hard and sometimes downright mean. I would like to be able to tell my kids that it is filled with unicorns and roses but that would be silly, untrue and would not prepare them for...
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Striking the perfect balance, hopefully at least sometimes!?
When I was younger I swore I would never have children. They were dirty, needy and would just get in the way. I had visions of being the CEO of IBM. As with most of us, the visions of a young person...
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I am not ready, but here we go!
I am not ready! The other night I attended the middle school orientation for the parents of incoming sixth graders at one of the local middle schools. The school itself is beautiful and huge. It was...
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Allowing the negative to fade away
You’re going to go through tough times-that’s life. Nothing happens to you, it happens for you. See the positive in negative events. Joel Osteen In July of 2012 I had a life changing experience....
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Lunacy
Day after day we hear stories about how unfair life is and how those that “have” owe something to those that do not. As a country we seem to be losing our perspective. Hard work, drive, education no...
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Decisions that matter and those that change everything
Bilateral Prophylactic Mastectomy, a decision made after years of anguished thought, one that changed my life. Words to some, but a 2 year-long process that changed everything about how I think, how I...
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Joy and Sadness; a Partnership
The other night the girls and I watched the Disney movie Inside Out. We had seen it in the movies and enjoyed it, and we enjoyed it just as much the second time. If you have not seen it the premise...
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