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This past Sunday morning, I ran in the Dirty Spokes 10K trail run at a local state park. 10K… 6.2 miles… not something that was new to me. 6.2 miles on the trails — very new. A friend from high school told me about it on Facebook. I thought, “Suuure. I can do this. I’m a runner. I’m an [...]
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The remarkable thing we have is a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past… We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we [...]
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*On Casual Fridays, we make recommendations about books, websites, movies, etc. We would love to hear your Casual Friday recommendations, too. Is your mother a worrier? Do you worry? You need to read this, and send it to the people you love. My mother’s mother was a worry wart. There could be a wreck in [...]
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*On Casual Fridays, we make recommendations about books, websites, movies, etc. We would love to hear your Casual Friday recommendations, too. A friend at school sent me the e-mail below. Her inspiring friend was featured on NBC 13′s Spirit of Alabama segment. I was very thankful for her e-mail. I hope you enjoy the links as much as I [...]
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Strong Mothers welcomes guest blogger Amy Fenton Lee. It’s that time of year – prom dresses and swim suits. Imperfections become obsessions and the pressure to look photo-shop perfect is almost unbearable. It is tough to instill a “character counts” mindset in our children when they are surrounded by the societal message “looks matter”. Unfortunately and often unknowingly, we (adults) [...]
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Eutaw (pronounced like Utah) is a very small town just west of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Monday, I went to Eutaw to visit a dear friend. She’s my favorite fishing buddy and super competitive. So competitive, she could be the poster child for second born children. Just before Christmas, she found out that she had breast cancer. [...]
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Ever find it hard to let your grown child make their own decisions? When we second guess their decisions, do we want control? Are we admitting that we didn’t teach them to make good decisions? As mothers, we know that our child’s life will be a process of ongoing decision making. Our hope is that [...]
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Do you expect your children to say “yes” or “yes mam”? At school, are your children required to say “yes mam” and “no mam” or simply “yes” and “no”? Many of my students tell me that they are expected to say “yes mam” at home. Others tell me that their family says “yes” without the [...]
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What do you do when you have those days when you feel like you are fighting the good fight but still losing? What about those days when the people you need to hear positive thoughts from the most don’t come through? Ever have days when you feel like nothing goes right… and it feels like no one [...]
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