Bereaved and Blessed

You are Loved

December 9, 2012

On this night when we remember, you are loved. In our words and in our song, you are loved. With each candle that we light, you are loved. In our grief, in our memories, you are loved. With our courage and our hope, you are loved. Each time we speak your name, you are loved. We will […]

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Coca-Cola: Balanced Living

December 6, 2012

I was compensated for my participation in Coca-Cola’s Balanced Living Workshop, but my thoughts and views are my own. Next week I get to participate in a Balanced Living Workshop, here in Chicago, hosted by Coca-Cola, and the timing couldn’t be better. The holiday season can be wonderful, busy and overwhelming at times. When I […]

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Baking a Difference

December 4, 2012

Today my family and I received a special delivery from Jennifer of Still Life with Crockpot. It was the loaf of chocolate chip banana bread that I bid on and won as part of A Half-Baked Life’s recent “Bake a Difference” auction/fundraiser benefitting the United Way Hurricane Sandy Recovery Fund. My kids and I couldn’t wait to […]

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Thursday’s Voice: November

November 29, 2012

It’s been a few weeks since I shared links here to my posts over at The Today Voice. I continue to enjoy the experience of being “Thursday’s Voice” and appreciate your continued support and feedback about my posts since we launched this writing project in July. I especially appreciate those of you have taken time to comment on […]

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Name

November 28, 2012

Apparently Santa has a sense of humor! Sean has been sending notes to Santa every night, via our elf George, and this was the response that he found with George this morning.

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Perfect Moment Monday: George

November 26, 2012

It’s the last Monday of the month which means its time to share our Perfect Moments from November with Lori from Write Mind Open Heart. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After a few years of hearing about other families and their elves on their shelves, we decided to jump on the bandwagon. We introduced the idea to our kids last […]