Today was a big day for a lot of people in the Chicago area. For many it was a chance to chase their dream of running 26.2 miles in the Chicago Marathon or support loved ones who were attempting such an awesome feat. For those of us who have been spectators in the past, it […]
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How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the ninth edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. September was a whirlwind for me and my family — from the Chicago Teachers Union Strike to planning and pulling […]
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and I have three children. At our first MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) meeting of the school year tonight we made reusable name tags. This is a picture of mine. It was a fun and relaxing craft to do while chatting with old and new friends about our summers, our families and why we decided to […]
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Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the twenty-third installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday! For those not familiar with Time Warp Tuesdays, which I host on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, here is the background of how and why I came up with the idea. If you are here to […]
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Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the twenty-second installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday! For those not familiar with Time Warp Tuesdays, which I host on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, here is the background of how and why I came up with the idea. If you are here to […]
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This is the first of four posts in which I will give day by day detailed accounts about my first experience at a BlogHer annual conference as both an attendee and a speaker. I hope these blog entries will give those who have not been to BlogHer before an inside look at what it is […]
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