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13 Tips For Step-Moms
13 tips for Step-Moms
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How To Help Teens Find Their Passions
How To Help Teens Find Their Passions I was recently asked by a friend to repost an article I had written about finding your passion. We both have seniors in high school who are headed off to college and she wanted a little guidance for her daughter in helping her find her passions. As I…
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Learning About Kindness From My Son
Parents have endless opportunities to teach their children. Yet, I learn from my children just as much as they learn from me. They teach me about honesty, spontaneity, courage, compassion, and authenticity among other things. They also teach me and about kindness. Ten years ago, my 9-year-old son Charlie and I were headed to the…
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Losing Your Mom at 18: A Poem
I have been thinking a lot lately about loss. About death and conversely about life. These thoughts don’t inundate me by chance. This month, 21 years ago, my mom died. She had breast cancer. She was 51. When she died, my brother had just turned 18. Familiarly close to both of my children’s ages now.…
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Memories of Mazatlan
With eyelids still heavy from a deep and cumbersome sleep, I can’t help but grin thinking about the trip I just returned from. On second thought, this was not a trip. It was a vacation. There is definitely a difference. With a title like Memories from Mazatlan, I know what you’re thinking. But no, not…
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20 Things I Hope My Kids Learn In College
It’s that time of year. High school seniors are committing to their chosen college. Their parents are relieved they’ve been accepted and the waiting is over. My daughter is a senior and hasn’t quite made her decision yet. I am waiting with bated breath, keeping my mouth closed as she weighs her options. My son…
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How Motherhood Makes Us Stronger
How motherhood develops our character and makes us stronger
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Are You Choosing Busy Over Happy?
Everybody is so busy these days. Running here, there, and everywhere in an effort to get things done. In a world that tells us it’s important to have more, to do more; we find ourselves spread thin trying to do it all. When I look around at all this ‘busy-ness,’ I wonder if I am…
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Why I Started Getting Tattoos in my 40s
A few years ago, I got my first tattoo. It was a birthday gift to myself. I cannot remember a time in my adult life when I didn’t want a tattoo. I loved everything about them. Or, I should say, I loved everything about the ones that were done well. The beauty. The color. The artistic…
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“A Girl’s Gotta Dream!”
An Interview with Jenn: a beautiful soul and multifaceted woman who is a ninja at balancing family life, work, and finding creative ways to follow her passions and chase her dreams. Karen: Let me explain my motivation for interviewing you today. I have become obsessed with passions. How people discover them and how they nurture…