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 […]

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Inspiring Families

March 2, 2012

I not ashamed to admit that I nominated myself/my blog for the Circle of Moms Top 25 Moms with Inspiring Families – 2012 list. I do believe that my family is inspiring after all we have been through and what we try to do with our experience in effort to help others who are also on a […]

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Leap of Faith

February 29, 2012

Welcome to Bereaved and Blessed! If you are here for the first time you can read about me and my blog here. You can also check out the other tabs above the header (which I designed all by myself) to find out more about me, my new blog and other places I write. There are also pages […]

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Perfect Moment Monday: Family Dinner

February 27, 2012

It’s the fourth Monday of the month which means its time to share our Perfect Moments from February with Lori from Write Mind Open Heart. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saturday evening we celebrated my birthday early with my side of the family by going out to dinner at one of my favorite restaurants. We went at 4:30 p.m. because […]

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