Bereaved and Blessed

Semper Fi

March 9, 2012

Last week I didn’t know what that meant. Today I do, along with many others in our Beverly neighborhood who are honoring the life and memory of Marine Corporal Conner Lowry. Semper Fi, short for Semper Fidelis, is latin for Always Faithful. The Marine Corps uses it as their motto and their inspiration as they serve and […]

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Prone to…

March 8, 2012

For the second time in two weeks I will likely be diagnosed with a urinary tract infection (UTI) later this morning at my primary care physician’s office. I am prone to them. I take cranberry pills every day (because I don’t care for cranberry juice), try to avoid the things that tend to cause them […]

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Yes We Did!!!

March 7, 2012

Voting has ended and look who/what ended up at #22!!! You can click on the Circle of Moms logo to the right to see the entire list. Thank you sooooooo much to everyone who voted and supported me and my blog over the past few days!!! ♥ ♥ ♥ Your kind words, encouragement and “thumbs […]

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37

March 6, 2012

Today I am 37. It feels surreal for me to reflect on my journey to this age. I have been out of high school now for almost 19 years. This year I will have been married for 12 years and a mother for 9 years. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Since I turned 36 my life has had many […]

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Life Well Lived: Teaching Our Children Happiness

March 6, 2012

This week I am participating for the first time in BlogHer and Procter & Gamble’s Life Well Lived editorial program as part of a panel of bloggers. The category our panel writes about is “Getting Happy” and we were asked to answer this question: How do you teach the children in your life happiness? I […]

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Sham-ROCK the Vote 2012!

March 4, 2012

What do limericks, inspiring families and “voices of the year” have in common? They are the themes of three different contests that I am participating in! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Though I don’t love asking you to vote for me/my blog in these contests, I very much appreciate when you do support me and my blog in this […]