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WE ARE AWESOME !!! A Tribute To Those Born Before the 80′s.

author unknown — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:49:45 +0000

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930s, ’40s, ’50s, ’60s and ’70s!!

First, we survived being born to mothers who may have smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn’t get tested for diabetes.

Then, after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our [...]

Notes of Love

Holly — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 04:10:01 +0000

Recently, my 7-year-old daughter made a mailbox out of paper and taped it to the outside of her room. I began using this as an opportunity to send her notes of love and encouragement. So, at various times of the day, without her seeing me, I would sneak a note into her mailbox. [...]

Seeking Physical Nourishment

JoyH — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:41:26 +0000

What do you allow, as gate-keepers if you will, to put daily into your child’s body? This is fully, 100%, your choice, your responsibility, your failure if you are not actively choosing wisely. As parents, we tend to claim God’s protection over our children, but God never intended for us to blindly follow the world [...]

Kindergarteners Remember Us!

letspromoteplay — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:48:19 +0000

First day of school was this week! I am always excited to pick up the kindergarteners after their first day. Not only do I get the honor of experiencing their excitement but I usually see children that went to my school at one time that now are in “big school.” Monday I [...]

When You Lose Your Way as a Parent

taz tagore — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:36:50 +0000

Like coal miners, parents plunge deep into dark and untrammeled spaces, searching for nuggets of goodness and truth along the way. And sometimes, like coalminers, we get lost. We hit a dead end. And the canary chirping happily in it’s swinging cage, goes silent.

This summer, I lost my way as a [...]

While Like A Giant, Proud And Happy

Jeff — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:21:02 +0000

Tonight I am up late… remembering. I love the power of memory as it intertwines with emotion to form a temporary reality. In quiet solitude, this gift of memory allows me to sit for awhile with my mother who passed away many years ago. It gives me glimpses into moments I will forever cherish and allows [...]

Just Beachy

JoyH — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:19:28 +0000

I sat with the sand between my toes last week, watching my kids tumble in a pile across the beach on a lazy vacation day. It was the first time in years that I can remember being able to read my own book while they played amongst themselves, happily. My eyes wandered a lot, to [...]

Mean Mom in Awe

Maureen — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:55:02 +0000

My mom passed away two months ago. I have not been the same since. Not just because I lost her, but because of what I learned about my two college age sons.

The first thing they each said when I told them of her aggressive cancer diagnosis was, “How soon can I go see her”, halfway [...]

Things I’ve Learned as a Young Mother

Julia M. Deleeuw — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:12:36 +0000

Things I’ve Learned As A Young Mother

Sound effects are a useful tool in motivating young children to do what you want them to do. Ive learned All body actions can have a coordinating sound effect and that sometimes when your finally around grown up’s the occasional sound effect may come out.

Sponge Bob promotes creepy laughter [...]

Learning To Be A Mother

Everydaymomideas — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:21:28 +0000

Learning To Be A Mother -by Julia M. DeLeeuw

Oh how the young lady boasts of the Mother she’ll be. Planning and contemplating From the moment she realizes that one day her dollies Can be replaced By rosy cheeked Cherubs of her own. Oh the planning. What she will be… What she wont do… And how she definitely won’t be her own Mother. So confident in [...]