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  Click HERE to read what these moms are doing for kids and sports. Love,

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Send the kids back to school and put on some good music!

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This blog post is reprinted with permission from DJ Chung. You can check out his blog here: http://www.dongjaechung.com/ Aren’t Mothers the Best? “My mother was the greatest mother in the world. She thought I was the greatest thing on two feet. I’d come home with a little composition I had written at school and she’d [...]

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There are a few things I have learned about parenting my soon-to-be-before-I-know-it teenager by working in public high schools for 10 years as a classroom teacher and 5 years as an administrator. Here’s a few nuggets: (these are sort of tongue-in-cheek, flavored with a dash of sarcasm and a heaping dose of reality) 1. Parents [...]

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Being a working mom is hard. There are many events that occur that working moms miss, and sometimes its not an event that we miss. Sometimes it’s just the “being there.” I am thankful that my own mother did not have to work when I was young. I realize now what a secure feeling it was [...]

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Keep Finding a Way to Buy the Lake!

by Nif on October 29, 2009

Talking with a friend Tuesday night, she lamented a mother’s job. It’s up at 5am, get ready for work, get the kids off to school, pick up the kids, feed, bathe, homework, kids to bed, herself to bed at 11pm, and then do it all over again.  We often feel like a hamster in a [...]

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It is amazing how powerful habits are! Habits are those things that we do without thinking, like setting the alarm, brushing your teeth, feeding the dog, or in my case….driving a certain route to work. Here’s the story… My youngest Dear Daughter left for camp Tuesday morning (all fifth graders at her school go for 3 [...]

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Proud Mama

by Nif on September 26, 2009

Last night I got home late from an Arbonne party, and Jenna, my ten-year old, had a friend over to spend the night and they were still awake. I went up to check on them, and she wanted to read her speech to me that she had written. She loves the environment and animals, so [...]

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Saturdays Help Us Grow

by Nif on September 19, 2009

I have really begun to look forward to Saturdays. It’s a day off from work, it usually means watching a sporting event of one of my children, and on most Saturday nights we are with another family at our house or theirs. I have another reason to look forward to Saturdays, and that’s the StrongMothers [...]

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Casual Friday

by Nif on September 4, 2009

I have a new blog that I am following – I feel like you will love it, too!  Rachel at www.graspingforobjectivity.com writes a hilarious blog about everyday life.  My favorite post is about “Mom Jeans and the Dreaded Long Butt.” Rachel and her friend Lydia performed a (ahem!) scientific experiment about jeans’ pocket placement.  Any of [...]

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