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Bring a Little (Amazing) Light to your World
Stay with me for a few paragraphs, I’m going to take you on a little trip. Once upon a time, there were a bunch of teenagers, fresh out of high school, on an adventure. In the Amazon jungle. No wifi, no hot showers, just galaxies of stars and hammocks rocking in the breeze. And lots…
Be an Everyday Hero
There are few more personal, life-altering moments than a medical crisis—whether it’s your own, or a complete stranger’s you’ve somehow crossed paths with. Though, as with many families, our history is riddled with crises of various forms, the one I want to talk about here happened without warning and changed the way we thought about…
Things I did wrong in parenthood (and what I’m doing right now)
As a new mom, there were a LOT of things I didn’t have a clue about. There was that time I let my first baby sleep through the night when he was one day old… Because I didn’t know he was supposed to eat every 2-3 hours (yeah, I actually did that). And a myriad…
Win $25,000 for Singing About Coffee
Waking up to coffee is easily the only thing that gets me going in the morning. Yeah, I’ve tried to quit it a few times, but let’s face it—when you’re a work-at-home mom of 5, every bit of help is welcomed. When I learned about the Folgers® Jingle Contest, I naturally wanted to share it…
Our Triple Play
Three sets of little feet pat the ground behind us. The wheels of two strollers crunch on stray gravel across the path. A breeze whips up a few stray leaves and the girls giggle at the swirl they take. The toddler asks for water, the baby chortles at a passing dog and its owner. We…
The Solution to Diet Cravings
In our family, we’ve bounced around a lot of different diet options over time. Some of them have been really great (and effective!), but we always reach a point where we are SUPER hungry for dairy-related products specifically. However, not wanting to compromise the “diet,” we normally just go without—or kill the diet off early…
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