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In writing this post, I had to face 2 items of bad news about myself. 1. I’ve put off something important. 2. I’m just not as crafty as I’d like to be. I posted last summer about StrengthsExplorer for youths. I was going to have my girls to do it. I never did. Darn it!! [...]
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The past 10 days have been a challenge for me. Literally. I’ve been doing (my own) 10-Day Health & Wellness Challenge for the past 10 days. I posted it on Facebook, asked if anyone wanted to join me, and a group of courageous and motivated friends jumped in and did it with me. For 10 days [...]
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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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When I was pregnant with my first child and the due date got closer and closer, I would wake up every morning and think, “Today is the day! I will have her today!” The day would go by, and as every hour ticked off the clock and nothing happened, I would get less and less [...]
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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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Speaking! Nif and I have over 70 years of combined experience with the skill, yet today when Nif and I tried to start on the first podcast for StrongMothers, we struggled badly. After 2 hours of work, we have a whopping 34 seconds of our first podcast finished. Our intro, with thanks to Nif’s Hubs, [...]
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StrongMothers recently supported a LiveSTRONG team with several members from the Birmingham area. We want to share the e-mail we received from Beth Uhlman about the event. Beth is a teacher and coach in Hoover, Alabama. Beth lost her Strong Mother to cancer in her early teens, so this ride was very personal to her. [...]
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Over the past couple of weeks I have been swamped with all sorts of meetings and have been communicating with friends who have also had meetings ranging from business, to personal, to highly organized, and one that was even completely confidential with our very own President of the US (way to go Isis!). It was [...]
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The older I get, the more I try to find ways to exercise that are low/no impact. I have a mountain bike, elliptical machine, total gym, and a Trikke. Saturday, Nif ran in the 5K Race for the Cure. AFTER she posted that we would have a Team Strong Mothers next year on our blog [...]
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320 Sycamore
Brown Paper Packages
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Hoop Thoughts
House of Smiths
Kara's Party Ideas
Make 5 Dinners in 1 Hour
Sew Many Ways
Shanty 2 Chic
SueMac on the Run
Tatertots and Jello
Thrifty Decor Chick
