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The Seven Rules Of Happiness According To My Seven-Year-Old Son

During one of our random "What do you want to be when you grow up?" conversations, I told my son Thomas that he would make an amazing teacher. And I fully believe it - he's energetic and always looking for the "funner" way to do something. Kids would love him. "I'd be a happy teacher!" he told me. "Oh yeah? That's great that you'll enjoy teaching," I told him. "Nooo," he corrected me. … [Continue reading...]

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Finding Me In Motherhood

I don't remember the first time I realized my mother was a woman outside of the label of "my mom." I do remember a time, when my daughter was about two or three months old, when it hit me that my mother must have gone through this same thing—the sleepless nights, the wondering when it will get easier, the figuring it out as you go. That she was a woman who became a mother. That she has an identity … [Continue reading...]

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Summer Vacation Is Coming. Get Excited…Or Not

  #186543898 / gettyimages.com It's quite hard to believe that the summer months have come upon us once again yet here we are, getting ready to brave the heat in an attempt to enjoy a carefree summer filled with fun, sun, friends and family. But what it really means is that its time for the kids to get out of school for summer vacation and in theory, it should be a time that the whole … [Continue reading...]

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If You Know “Me-Time” Is Important, Then Why Don’t You Do It?

I'm definitely one of those people who is constantly on the go -- always doing this and that, going here and there, crossing one more thing off of what seems like a never ending list of things to do. And because of this, I never listen/pay attention to the signs that my body gives me when it's apparent that I need to slow down until its too late. Then my body goes into rebellion mode and forces me … [Continue reading...]

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Visit “Glow” At Cleveland Botanical Gardens

Even though I've lived in Northeast Ohio my entire life, I've yet to visit the Cleveland Botanical Gardens, a hidden gem in Cleveland's University Circle. But their holiday "Glow" exhibit gave me a great reason to travel up north to finally check it out. My kids want to build a gingerbread house every year, and every year we struggle to get the walls to stay upright, the roof to stay on, and … [Continue reading...]

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5 Ways To Strengthen Your Mother-Daughter Bond

By Sharmetra Pittman Building a strong relationship with your daughter helps you, as a mom, have the strongest effect on influencing your daughter to make positive choices in life. How do you build a strong, positive, and thriving relationship with your daughter? Below are 5 simple tools to strengthen the foundation of your mother-daughter relationship and keep the flow of communication … [Continue reading...]

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6 Things We Need To Make Sure Young Moms Can Do By 2033

This post was inspired by the post 10 Things We Need To Make Sure American Women Can Do By 2040 from Everyday Feminism. I took the twenty year approach because, well, I'm impatient. I chose six things because, well, I wanted YOU to come up with the other four.  1. Be able to take our children to the park/grocery store/mall and not have to deal with disdain from other people. "Other people" … [Continue reading...]

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I’m Afraid To Raise A Little Brown Boy

by Chanel Free It might sound insane, but the truth is I am afraid. Afraid to raise a brown boy. I had always dreamt of having a son. In fact, I had my entire future mapped out. I would have two boys and then my baby girl, so she would always be well protected by her older brothers. I presume that the man upstairs laughed heartily as I made my own plans for my future not realizing that he … [Continue reading...]

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